Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) return after an absence of nearly 90 years: A case of reversion to anadromy

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1590-1602

  Godbout, Lyse ^a   Wood, C C ^a   Withler, R E ^a   Latham, S ^b   Nelson, R J ^c   Wetzel, L ^d   Barnett Johnson, R ^e   Grove, M J ^f   Schmitt, A K ^g   McKeegan, K D ^g  

^a PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

^b Pacific Salmon Commission   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d WESTERN FISHERIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e US Department of Interior   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANADROMY; DAM CONSTRUCTION; EXTINCTION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; JUVENILE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; OTOLITH; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; RETURN MIGRATION; SALMONID; STABLE ISOTOPE; STRONTIUM;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA;

EID: 80052544730     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f2011-089     Document Type: Article

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