Physiological impairment of adult sockeye salmon in fresh water after simulated capture-and-release across a range of temperatures

Fisheries Research

Volumn 112, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 85-95

  Gale, Marika Kirstin ^a   Hinch, Scott G ^a   Eliason, Erika J ^a   Cooke, Steven J ^b   Patterson, David A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bycatch; Catch and release; Climate change; Discards; Fisheries; Fraser River; Physiology; Sockeye salmon; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA;

EID: 80053352230     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2011.08.014     Document Type: Article

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