State-dependent life history plasticity in Sacramento River winter-run chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha): Interactions among photoperiod and growth modulate smolting and early male maturation

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 256-271

  Beckman, Brian R ^a   Gadberry, Brad ^a   Parkins, Paul ^b   Cooper, Kathleen A ^b   Arkush, Kristen D ^c  

^a NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SPECIES; EMERGENCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MATURATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHOTOPERIOD; SALMONID; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMOLT;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SACRAMENTO RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 34248141103     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F07-001     Document Type: Article

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