Limited behavioural thermoregulation by adult upriver-migrating sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) in the lower Fraser river, British Columbia

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 480-490

  Donaldson, M R ^a,b   Cooke, S J ^a   Patterson, D A ^c   Hinch, S G ^d   Robichaud, D ^b   Hanson, K C ^a   Olsson, I ^b   Crossin, G T ^b   English, K K ^d   Farrell, A P ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d LGL LIMITED   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; LIFE HISTORY; MIGRATION ROUTE; RADIOTELEMETRY; SALMONID; THERMOREGULATION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; FRASER RIVER; NORTH AMERICA;

ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA;

EID: 67650094919     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z09-032     Document Type: Article

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