Lack of trophic competition among wild and hatchery juvenile chum salmon during early marine residence in Taku Inlet, Southeast Alaska

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 101-116

  Sturdevant, Molly V ^a   Fergusson, Emily ^a   Hillgruber, Nicola ^b   Reese, Carl ^c   Orsi, Joe ^a   Focht, Rick ^d   Wertheimer, Alex ^a   Smoker, Bill ^b  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c Alaska Department Environmental Conservation   (United States)

^d Douglas Island Pink and Chum Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Chum salmon; Diet; Early marine; Emigration; Energy density; Hatchery wild; Juvenile Pacific salmon; Oncorhynchus keta; Prey partitioning; Trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

DIET; EMIGRATION; HATCHERY; JUVENILE; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; OTOLITH; PHOTIC ZONE; POPULATION DECLINE; PREY AVAILABILITY; SALMONID; TROPHIC INTERACTION; WILD POPULATION;

ALASKA; ALEXANDER ARCHIPELAGO; GULF OF ALASKA; ICY STRAIT; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS KETA;

EID: 84859648530     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-011-9899-7     Document Type: Article

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