Falling behind: Delayed growth explains life-history variation in Snake River fall Chinook salmon

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 959-972

  Alex Perkins, T ^a,b   Jager, Henrïette I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MIGRATORY SPECIES; OVERWINTERING; PHOTOPERIOD; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SALMONID; SMOLT; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VIABILITY;

IDAHO; SNAKE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA;

EID: 84871427653     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00028487.2011.599257     Document Type: Article

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