Survival and behavior of juvenile steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in two estuaries in Oregon, USA

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 849-863

  Romer, Jeremy D ^a,b   Leblanc, Camille A ^a   Clements, Shaun ^b   Ferguson, Jayde A ^a,e   Kent, Michael L ^a   Noakes, David ^a,c   Schreck, Carl B ^a,d  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^c Oregon Hatchery Research Center   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic; Estuary; Flow; Smolt; Survival; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; BASELINE CONDITIONS; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; EXTINCTION RISK; JUVENILE; MORTALITY; PARASITE INTENSITY; POPULATION MIGRATION; RADIOTELEMETRY; RESIDENCE TIME; SALMONID; SMOLT; SURVIVAL; TRAPPING;

ALSEA BAY; OREGON; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 84878522549     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-012-0080-8     Document Type: Article

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