Extrapolating growth reductions in fish to changes in population extinction risks: Copper and chinook salmon

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1026-1065

  Mebane, Christopher A ^a   Arthaud, David L ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinook salmon; Cu; Extinction risk; Population modeling; Sizeselective mortality; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA;

EID: 77957964115     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039.2010.512243     Document Type: Article

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