Estimating Survival and Migration Route Probabilities of Juvenile Chinook Salmon in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 142-156

  Perry, Russell W ^a   Skalski, John R ^a   Brandes, Patricia L ^b   Sandstrom, Philip T ^c   Klimley, A Peter ^c   Ammann, Arnold ^d   Macfarlane, Bruce ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; JUVENILE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MIGRATION ROUTE; POPULATION ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; SALMONID; SURVIVAL; TELEMETRY; TRIBUTARY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CALIFORNIA; SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN DELTA; UNITED STATES;

ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA;

EID: 77954094040     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M08-200.1     Document Type: Article

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