Escapement, harvest, and unknown loss of radio-tagged adult salmonids in the Columbia River - Snake River hydrosystem

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 930-949

  Keefer, Matthew L ^a   Peery, Christopher A ^a   Daigle, William R ^a   Jepson, Michael A ^a   Lee, Steven R ^a   Boggs, Charles T ^a   Tolotti, Kenneth R ^a   Burke, Brian J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCAPEMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; HARVESTING; SALMONID FISHERY;

COLUMBIA RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; SNAKE RIVER; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 22044442690     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f04-246     Document Type: Article

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