The effect of fluctuating temperatures and ration levels on the growth of juvenile Snake River fall Chinook salmon

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 190-200

  Geist, David R ^a   Deng, Zhiqun ^a   Mueller, Robert P ^a   Cullinan, Valerie ^a   Brink, Steven ^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

ACCLIMATION; AMPLITUDE; BODY SIZE; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; MIMICRY; RIVER FLOW; SALMONID; SHORELINE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

HELLS CANYON DAM; SNAKE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 79956370482     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00028487.2011.556997     Document Type: Article

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