Swimming depth, behavior, and survival of atlantic salmon postsmolts in penobscot bay, Maine

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 141, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1219-1229

  Renkawitz, Mark D ^a   Sheehan, Timothy F ^a   Goulette, Graham S ^b  

^a NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; EMIGRATION; MORTALITY; MOVEMENT; RESIDENCE TIME; RIVER DISCHARGE; SALMONID; SMOLT; SURVIVAL; SWIMMING;

MAINE; PENOBSCOT BAY; PENOBSCOT ESTUARY; UNITED STATES;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 84868159197     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00028487.2012.688916     Document Type: Article

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