Effect of water temperature, timing, physiological condition, and lake thermal refugia on migrating adult Weaver Creek sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 70-84

  Todd Mathes, M ^a   Hinch, Scott G ^a   Cooke, Steven J ^b   Crossin, Glenn T ^a   Patterson, David A ^c   Lotto, Andrew G ^a   Farrell, Anthony P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE INCIDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; MORTALITY; REFUGIUM; SALMONID; SPAWNING GROUND; SURVIVAL; TELEMETRY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ALBERTA; CANADA; HARRISON LAKE;

ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA;

EID: 72449151357     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F09-158     Document Type: Article

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