Early marine growth of pink salmon in Prince William Sound and the coastal gulf of Alaska during years of low and high survival

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 927-939

  Cross, Alison D ^a   Beauchamp, David A ^a   Myers, Katherine W ^a   Moss, Jamal H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; COASTAL ZONE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; GROWTH RESPONSE; HATCHERY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; SALMONID; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMOLT; SURVIVAL; WILD POPULATION;

ALASKA; GULF OF ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; UNITED STATES;

CIRCULUS; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA;

EID: 45249113966     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T07-015.1     Document Type: Article

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