Applying time series models with spatial correlation to identify the scale of variation in habitat metrics related to threatened Coho salmon (oncorhynchus kisutch) in the Pacific Northwest

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1773-1782

  Ward, Eric J ^a   Pess, George R ^a   Anlauf Dunn, Kara ^b   Jordan, Chris E ^a  

^a NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b and Evaluation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; CATCH STATISTICS; CORRELATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT QUALITY; SALMONID FISHERY; STOCHASTICITY; TIME SERIES; TREND ANALYSIS;

OREGON; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); UNITED STATES;

ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH;

EID: 84869229580     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f2012-096     Document Type: Article

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