Contrasting sex ratios in juvenile and adult chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Walbaum) from south-west Alaska: Sex reversal or differential survival?

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 69, Issue SUPPL. A, 2006, Pages 140-144

  Olsen, J B ^a   Miller, S J ^a   Harper, K ^b   Nagler, J J ^c   Wenburg, J K ^a  

^a U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^b US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinook salmon; Oncorhynchus tshawytscha; Sex ratio bias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE AT MATURITY; GENDER DISPARITY; GENETIC MARKER; JUVENILE; PHENOTYPE; SALMONID; SEX RATIO; SEX REVERSAL;

ALASKA; KWETHLUK RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; TULUKSAK RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA;

EID: 33747875368     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2006.01119.x     Document Type: Article

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