Migration links ocean-scale competition and local ocean conditions with exposure to farmed salmon to shape wild salmon dynamics

Conservation Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 304-312

  Connors, B M ^a,b   Braun, D C ^a   Peterman, R M ^a   Cooper, A B ^a   Reynolds, J D ^a   Dill, L M ^a   Ruggerone, G T ^c   Krkosek M ^b,d  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Salmon Coast Field Station British Columbia   (Canada)

^c Natural Resources Consultants   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Climate; Competition; Disease; Farmed salmon; Migration; Multiple stressors; Ocean; Population dynamics; Salmon; Synergies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864851440     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2012.00244.x     Document Type: Article

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