Anomalous ocean conditions may explain the recent extreme variability in Fraser river sockeye salmon production

Marine and Coastal Fisheries

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 415-437

  Thomson, Richard E ^a   Beamish, Richard J ^b   Beacham, Terry D ^b   Trudel, Marc ^b   Whitfield, Paul H ^c   Hourston, Roy A S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA;

EID: 84864120421     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19425120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19425120.2012.675985     Document Type: Article

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