Risk management of non-target fish taxa in the Yakima River Watershed associated with hatchery salmon supplementation

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-86

  Temple, Gabriel M ^a   Pearsons, Todd N ^b  

^a WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^b Grant County Public Utility District   (United States)

Author keywords

Impact assessment; Non target taxa; Risk management; Supplementation; Yakima River

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HATCHERY; NONTARGET ORGANISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMONID CULTURE; SMOLT; WATERSHED;

UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; YAKIMA RIVER;

ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA;

EID: 84859651219     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-011-9811-5     Document Type: Article

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