Environmental and geospatial factors drive juvenile Chinook salmon distribution during early ocean migration

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1167-1177

  Burke, Brian J ^a   Liermann, Martin C ^a   Teel, David J ^a   Anderson, James J ^b  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; JUVENILE; MIGRATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SALMONID;

COLUMBIA RIVER;

EID: 84880926918     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2012-0505     Document Type: Article

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