Effects of transportation and other factors on survival estimates of juvenile salmonids in the unimpounded lower Columbia river

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 169-188

  Clemens, Benjamin J ^a   Clements, Shaun P ^a   Karnowski, Mark D ^a   Jepsen, David B ^a   Gitelman, Alix I ^a   Schreck, Carl B ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTIMATION METHOD; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; JUVENILE; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; RIVER FLOW; SALMONID; SURVIVAL; TRANSPORTATION;

COLUMBIA RIVER; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 79954624639     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T07-090.1     Document Type: Article

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