Did volcanic ash from Mt. Kasatoshi in 2008 contribute to a phenomenal increase in Fraser River sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) in 2010?

Fisheries Oceanography

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 374-377

  Parsons, Timothy R ^a   Whitney, Frank A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Fall bloom; Fraser River; Gulf of Alaska; Iron; Sockeye salmon

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ALGAL BLOOM; DIATOM; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GROWTH RATE; IRON; JUVENILE; MIGRATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; RETURN MIGRATION; SALMONID; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SURVIVAL; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; VOLCANIC ASH;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; ANDREANOF ISLANDS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; FRASER RIVER; GULF OF ALASKA; KASATOCHI ISLAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA;

EID: 84864040593     PISSN: 10546006     EISSN: 13652419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2012.00630.x     Document Type: Article

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