In situ measurement of coastal ocean movements and survival of juvenile Pacific salmon

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 8708-8713

  Welch, David W ^a   Melnychuk, Michael C ^b   Payne, John C ^c   Rechisky, Erin L ^a,b   Porter, Aswea D ^a   Jackson, George D ^d   Ward, Bruce R ^b   Vincent, Stephen P ^e   Wood, Chris C ^f   Semmens, Jayson ^g  

^a Kintama Research Corp   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c VANCOUVER AQUARIUM   (Canada)

^d Weimar Institute   (United States)

^e Seymour Salmonid Society   (Canada)

^f PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acoustic arrays; Mark recapture; Pacific ocean shelf tracking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMON; SMOLT; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; FORECASTING; OCEANS AND SEAS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SALMON; SURVIVAL; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ANIMALIA; ONCORHYNCHUS;

EID: 79953215810     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1014044108     Document Type: Article

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