Life history variation in upper columbia river chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha): A comparison using modern and ~500-year-old archaeological otoliths

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 603-617

  Miller, Jessica A ^a   Butler, Virginia L ^b   Simenstad, Charles A ^c   Backus, David H ^d   Kent, Adam J R ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY SIZE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; EMIGRATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; OTOLITH; SALMONID;

COLUMBIA RIVER;

ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA;

EID: 79953882450     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f2011-002     Document Type: Article

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