Differences in antipredator behaviour between wild and hatchery-reared juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) under seminatural conditions

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2157-2165

  Jackson, Christopher D ^a   Brown, Grant E ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; CAPTIVE POPULATION; CONSPECIFIC; FIELD SURVEY; HATCHERY; JUVENILE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; REARING; SALMONID; SURVIVAL; WILD POPULATION;

EID: 82955173828     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F2011-129     Document Type: Article

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