Disentangling bottom-up and top-down effects on survival during early ocean residence in a population of Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 617-629

  Miller, Jessica A ^a   Teel, David J ^b   Baptista, Antonio ^c   Morgan, Cheryl A ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; COASTAL WATER; GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; JUVENILE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; OTOLITH; PREDATOR; RIVER PLUME; SALMONID; SURVIVAL; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

COLUMBIA RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA;

EID: 84876328560     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2012-0354     Document Type: Article

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