Long-term changes in rearing habitat and downstream movement by juvenile sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) in an interconnected Alaska lake system

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 443-454

  Westley, P A H ^a,c   Hilborn, R ^a   Quinn, T P ^a   Ruggerone, G T ^b   Schindler, D E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Natural Resources Consultants Inc   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alaska; Chignik; Density dependent dispersal; Non random movement; Partial migration; Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) fry migrations

Indexed keywords

ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 49649099978     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2008.00296.x     Document Type: Article

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