Nonlethal sampling of fish caudal fins yields valuable stable isotope data for threatened and endangered fishes

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 138, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1166-1177

  Sanderson, Beth L ^a   Tran, Chau D ^b   Coe, Holly J ^a   Pelekis, Vija ^a   Steel, E Ashley ^a   Reichert, William L ^a  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; JUVENILE; MUSCLE; SALMONID; SAMPLING; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; PISCES; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 74349111424     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T08-086.1     Document Type: Article

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