Spawning site selection in interior Fraser River coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch: An imperiled population of anadromous salmon from a snow-dominated watershed

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 249-260

  McRae, Crystal J ^a,b   Warren, Kyla D ^a,c   Mark Shrimpton, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Rescan Environmental Services Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Interior Fraser coho; Intragravel habitat; Site selection; Spawning

Indexed keywords

LOGISTICS; MICROHABITAT; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALMONID; SITE SELECTION; SPAWNING; WATERSHED;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; FRASER RIVER;

EID: 84862581723     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00401     Document Type: Article

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