Factors that contribute to the ecological risks of salmon and steelhead hatchery programs and some mitigating strategies

Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-31

  Kostow, Kathryn ^a  

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

Author keywords

Ecology; Hatchery; Risk; Salmon; Steelhead

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT; HATCHERY; MITIGATION; POPULATION ECOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; RISK FACTOR; SALMONID; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TAXONOMY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS;

EID: 59649122002     PISSN: 09603166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11160-008-9087-9     Document Type: Review

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