Interannual variability in early marine growth, size-selective mortality, and marine survival for Prince William Sound pink salmon

Marine and Coastal Fisheries

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-70

  Cross, Alison D ^a   Beauchamp, David A ^a   Moss, Jamal H ^b   Myers, Katherine W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

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EID: 84858137107     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19425120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/C08-005.1     Document Type: Article

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