Seasonal shift in the effects of predators on juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) energetics

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2080-2089

  Ward, Darren M ^a,c   Nislow, Keith H ^b   Folt, Carol L ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ENERGETICS; FIELD SURVEY; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; MASS BALANCE; METHYLMERCURY; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION RISK; SALMONID; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 82955189857     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F2011-123     Document Type: Article

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