A top-down survival mechanism during early marine residency explains coho salmon year-class strength in southeast Alaska

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 2560-2569

  LaCroix, Jacob J ^a   Wertheimer, Alex C ^a   Orsi, Joseph A ^a   Sturdevant, Molly V ^a   Fergusson, Emily A ^a   Bond, Nicholas A ^b  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^b ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Body condition; Growth rate; Harvest; Juvenile coho salmon; Pink salmon; Size

Indexed keywords

BIO-PHYSICAL VARIABLES; BODY CONDITION; COHO SALMON; CONTROL MECHANISM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FISHERY RESOURCES; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH; PINK SALMON; STEPWISE REGRESSION; TOPDOWN; TROPHIC LEVEL; YEAR-CLASS STRENGTH;

ECOSYSTEMS; HARVESTING;

FISH;

ABUNDANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; JUVENILE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE RESOURCE; SALMONID; SURVIVAL; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA; ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH;

EID: 71749111732     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.03.006     Document Type: Article

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