Freshwater and marine migration and survival of endangered Cultus Lake sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) smolts using POST, a large-scale acoustic telemetry array

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 736-750

  Welch, David W ^a,b   Melnychuk, Michael C ^c   Rechisky, Erin R ^c   Porter, Aswea D ^a   Jacobs, Melinda C ^a   Ladouceur, Adrian ^a   Scott McKinley, R ^c   Jackson, George D ^d,e  

^a Kintama Research Corp   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e VANCOUVER AQUARIUM   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MIGRATION; RESIDENCE TIME; SALMONID; SMOLT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL; TELEMETRY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; FRASER RIVER; NORTH AMERICA;

CULTUS; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA;

EID: 67649286681     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F09-032     Document Type: Article

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