Evidence for competition at sea between Norton Sound chum salmon and Asian hatchery chum salmon

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 149-163

  Ruggerone, Gregory T ^a   Agler, Beverly A ^b   Nielsen, Jennifer L ^c  

^a Natural Resources Consultants Inc   (United States)

^b ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^c EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Arctic Yukon Kuskokwim; Chum salmon; Competition; Density dependence; Hatchery versus wild salmon; Tragedy of the commons

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADULT; AGE AT MATURITY; BODY SIZE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FISHERY PRODUCTION; HATCHERY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; WILD POPULATION;

ALASKA; CANADA; KUSKOKWIM RIVER; NORTON SOUND; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); UNITED STATES; YUKON TERRITORY;

ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS KETA;

EID: 84859642248     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-011-9856-5     Document Type: Article

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