Marine distribution, life history traits, and the accumulation of polychlorinated biphenyls in Chinook salmon from Puget sound, Washington

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 616-632

  O'Neill, Sandra M ^a   West, James E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BODY SIZE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; FISHERY MODELING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIPID; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MATURATION; MIGRATION; PCB; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SALMONID; SMOLT;

PUGET SOUND; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA;

EID: 77954280136     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T08-003.1     Document Type: Article

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