Smolt transformation in two California steelhead populations: Effects of temporal variability in growth

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1263-1275

  Beakes, Michael P ^a,b   Satterthwaite, William H ^a,c   Collins, Erin M ^d   Swank, David R ^e   Merz, Joseph E ^f,g   Titus, Robert G ^d   Sogard, Susan M ^b   Mangel, Marc ^a  

^a University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c MRAG Americas   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^e SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^f Cramer Fish Sciences   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DIVERGENCE; EMIGRATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD SUPPLY; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY; MORTALITY; SALMONID; SEAWATER; SMOLT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CALIFORNIA; CENTRAL VALLEY [CALIFORNIA]; SACRAMENTO BASIN; SCOTT CREEK [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS IRIDEUS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 79954535981     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T09-146.1     Document Type: Article

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