The demography of recovery of an overexploited bull trout, Salvelinus confluentus, population

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 113-126

  Johnston, Fiona D ^a   Post, John R ^a   Mushens, Craig J ^a   Stelfox, Jim D ^b   Paul, Andrew J ^a   Lajeunesse, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Alberta Sustainable Resource Development   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXPLOITATION; OVERFISHING; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REARING; RECRUITMENT; SALMONID; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS CONFLUENTUS;

EID: 34247231592     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F06-172     Document Type: Article

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