Survival and behaviour of migrating Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) kelts in river, estuarine, and coastal habitat

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1626-1634

  Hubley, P Bradford ^a   Amiro, Peter G ^a   Gibson, A Jamie F ^a   Lacroix, Gilles L ^b   Redden, Anna M ^c  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^b ST ANDREWS BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

^c ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustic telemetry; Atlantic salmon; Downstream migration; Estuary; Kelts; Salmo salar

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; ESTUARY; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; SALMONID; SPAWNING; TELEMETRY;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 57349113009     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsn129     Document Type: Article

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