Marine survival of steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) enhanced by a seasonally closed estuary

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2242-2252

  Bond, Morgan H ^a   Hayes, Sean A ^a   Hanson, Chad V ^a   MacFarlane, R Bruce ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EMIGRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; JUVENILE; LAGOON; MIGRATORY POPULATION; MORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; NURSERY GROUND; SALMONID; SANDBAR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMOLT; SURVIVAL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND; SCOTT CREEK;

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS;

EID: 54249105526     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F08-131     Document Type: Article

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