Populations on the brink: Low abundance of southern upland atlantic salmon in nova scotia, canada

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 733-741

  Gibson, A Jamie F ^a   Bowlby, Heather D ^a   Hardie, David C ^a   O’reilly, Patrick T ^a  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

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EID: 84866946909     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02755947.2011.613305     Document Type: Article

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