Drifters versus residents: Assessing size and age differences in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) fry

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 273-282

  Bujold, Valérie ^a   Cunjak, Richard A ^a   Dietrich, Jason P ^a   Courtemanche, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; BODY SIZE; DRIFTER; EMERGENCE;

CANADA; GROS MORNE NATIONAL PARK; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA;

SALMO; SALMO SALAR; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2942628882     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f03-162     Document Type: Article

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