Modelling the future hydroclimatology of the lower Fraser River and its impacts on the spawning migration survival of sockeye salmon

Global Change Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 87-98

  Hague, M J ^a   Ferrari, M R ^b   Miller, J R ^c   Patterson, D A ^a   Russell, G L ^d   Farrell, A P ^e   Hinch, S G ^e  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Weather Trends International   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aerobic scope; Fraser River; Oncorhynchus nerka; Spawning migration; Temperature thresholds

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FORECASTING METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION MIGRATION; SALMONID; SPAWNING POPULATION; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; FRASER RIVER;

ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 78649785007     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02225.x     Document Type: Article

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