Impacts of episodic acidification on in-stream survival and physiological impairment of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) smolts

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 394-403

  McCormick, Stephen D ^a,b   Keyes, Amanda ^d   Nislow, Keith H ^b,e   Monette, Michelle Y ^a,b,c  

^a One Migratory Way   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ALUMINUM; CAGE CULTURE; CATION; CHLORIDE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLUCOSE; HATCHERY; HOMEOSTASIS; JUVENILE; MORTALITY; PH; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SALMONID; SMOLT; STREAM; SURVIVAL; WATER CHEMISTRY;

CONNECTICUT RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 65249093872     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F09-002     Document Type: Article

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