Can non-native smallmouth bass, Micropterus dolomieu, be swamped by hatchery fish releases to increase juvenile Chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, survival?

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 499-508

  Fritts, Anthony L ^a   Pearsons, Todd N ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^b Grant County Public Utility District   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioenergetics; Predation; Salmonidae; Satiation; Yakima River

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; CRAYFISH; HATCHERY; MORTALITY; PERCIFORM; PREDATION; SALMONID FISHERY; SURVIVAL;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; YAKIMA RIVER;

ASTACOIDEA; MICROPTERUS DOLOMIEU; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; PERCIFORMES; PROSOPIUM WILLIAMSONI; RHINICHTHYS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 56649109808     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-008-9375-1     Document Type: Article

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