Contrasting life-cycle impacts of stream flow on two Chinook salmon populations

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 655, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 171-188

  Arthaud, David L ^a   Greene, Correigh M ^b   Guilbault, Kimberly ^b   Morrow Jr , James V ^a  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^b NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinook salmon; Snake River; Stream flow; Survival

Indexed keywords

BEST MODEL; CHINOOK SALMON; CLIMATIC VARIABLES; COLUMBIA RIVER; EARLY LIFE; FLOW INFLUENCE; FRESHWATER FISHES; HYDROGRAPHS; LIFE STAGES; MIGRATION FLOWS; MODEL SELECTION; MODEL SELECTION TECHNIQUES; PATH ANALYSIS; RIVER BASINS; RIVER FLOW; SALMONIDS; SNAKE RIVER; STRONG CORRELATION; SURVIVAL; TRANSITION RATES; WATER USE;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE MODELS; FISH; HYDRAULICS; PRODUCTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STREAM FLOW; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS; WETLANDS;

RIVERS;

FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HYDROGRAPH; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE HISTORY; MIGRATORY POPULATION; SALMONID; STREAMFLOW; SURVIVAL; WATER USE;

IDAHO; LEMHI RIVER; MARSH CREEK; UNITED STATES;

ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 77957130074     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0419-0     Document Type: Article

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