High river temperature reduces survival of sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) approaching spawning grounds and exacerbates female mortality

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 330-342

  Martins, Eduardo G ^a,b   Hinch, Scott G ^a   Patterson, David A ^c   Hague, Merran J ^c,f   Cooke, Steven J ^b   Miller, Kristina M ^d   Robichaud, David ^e   English, Karl K ^e   Farrell, Anthony P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

^e LGL LIMITED   (Canada)

^f Pacific Salmon Commission   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MORTALITY; RADIOTELEMETRY; SALMONID FISHERY; SPAWNING; SURVIVAL; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA;

EID: 84858694826     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F2011-154     Document Type: Article

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