Survival and growth of juvenile Snake River fall Chinook salmon exposed to constant and fluctuating temperatures

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 92-107

  Geist, David R ^a   Deng, Zhiqun ^a   Mueller, Robert P ^a   Brink, Steven R ^b   Chandler, James A ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b IDAHO POWER COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL POWER; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; MORTALITY; POOL; RIVER FLOW; SALMONID; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

SNAKE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA;

EID: 79955099443     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T09-003.1     Document Type: Article

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