Conservation physiology in practice: How physiological knowledge has improved our ability to sustainably manage Pacific salmon during up-river migration

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1596, 2012, Pages 1757-1769

  Cooke, Steven J ^a   Hinch, Scott G ^b   Donaldson, Michael R ^b   Clark, Timothy D ^b,c   Eliason, Erika J ^b   Crossin, Glenn T ^d   Raby, Graham D ^a   Jeffries, Ken M ^b   Lapointe, Mike ^e   Miller, Kristi ^f   Patterson, David A ^g   Farrell, Anthony P ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e Pacific Salmon Commission   (Canada)

^f PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

^g SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Conservation physiology; Field physiology; Fisheries management; Genomics

Indexed keywords

CAPTURE METHOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FACILITATION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FITNESS; GENOMICS; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; RARE SPECIES; RIVER; SALMONID; STOCK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; TELEMETRY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOLERANCE; WILD POPULATION;

ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA;

EID: 84860686871     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0022     Document Type: Article

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