The influence of fall-spawning coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) on growth and production of juvenile coho salmon rearing in beaver ponds on the Copper River Delta, Alaska

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 917-930

  Lang, Dirk W ^a,d   Reeves, Gordon H ^b   Hall, James D ^a   Wipfli, Mark S ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; EGG PRODUCTION; FISH CULTURE; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; MIGRATION; REPRODUCTION; SPAWNING;

ALASKA; COPPER DELTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH;

EID: 33744458701     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f05-268     Document Type: Article

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