Influence of pinniped-caused injuries on the survival of adult Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) and steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in the Columbia River basin

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1615-1624

  Naughton, George P ^a   Keefer, Matthew L ^a   Clabough, Tami S ^a   Jepson, Michael A ^a   Lee, Steven R ^a   Peery, Christopher A ^a,b   Caudill, Christopher C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b Idaho Fishery Resource Office   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; INJURY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MIGRATION; PINNIPED; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATION; RADIOTELEMETRY; SALMONID; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SUCCESSION; SURVIVAL;

COLUMBIA BASIN;

ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; PINNIPEDIA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 80052532814     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f2011-064     Document Type: Article

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