Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) smolt production: the relative importance of survival and body growth

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 471-483

  Horton, Gregg E ^a,c   Letcher, Benjamin H ^a   Bailey, Michael M ^b   Kinnison, Michael T ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DEMOGRAPHY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; EMIGRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; SALMONID; SMOLT; STREAM; SURVIVAL; TAGGING;

NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 65249085190     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F09-005     Document Type: Article

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