Seasonal variations in stable isotope ratios of juvenile coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) from western Washington rivers

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 681-690

  Reichert, William L ^a   Greene, Correigh M ^a   Bilby, Robert E ^b  

^a NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC RATIO; MUSCLE; OVERWINTERING; RIVER SYSTEM; SALMONID; SEASONAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

GRIFFIN CREEK; NORTH AMERICA; SKAGIT RIVER; SNOQUALMIE RIVER; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII; ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 41649085785     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F07-189     Document Type: Article

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