Relationship of water column stability to the growth, condition, and survival of pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) in the northern coastal gulf of alaska and prince william sound

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 955-969

  Miller, Sara E ^a   Adkison, Milo ^a   Haldorson, Lewis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; JUVENILE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MIXED LAYER; OPEN WATER; SALMONID; STRATIFICATION; SURVIVAL; WATER COLUMN;

ALASKA; GULF OF ALASKA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; UNITED STATES;

ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA;

EID: 84860343777     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F2012-031     Document Type: Article

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