Steelhead return rates and relative costs: A synthesis of three long-term stocking programs in two Minnesota tributaries of Lake Superior

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 653-666

  Negus, Mary T ^a   Schreiner, Donald R ^a   Ward, Matthew C ^a   Blankenheim, Joshua E ^a   Staples, David F ^a  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestication selection; Great Lakes; Potamodromous; Smolt adult return rates; Steelhead; Stocking

Indexed keywords

DOMESTICATION SELECTION; GREAT LAKES; POTAMODROMOUS; SMOLT-ADULT RETURN RATES; STEELHEAD; STOCKING;

COSTS; OCEAN HABITATS; RIVERS; STRAIN;

LAKES;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOMESTICATION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; HATCHERY; REPRODUCTION; SALMONID; SELECTION; SMOLT; STOCK ASSESSMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

FRANCE; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE SUPERIOR; MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS;

EID: 84869863399     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2012.09.010     Document Type: Article

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