Growth-enhanced coho salmon invading other salmon species populations: Effects on early survival and growth

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 82-89

  Sundström, L Fredrik ^a,b   Vandersteen, Wendy E ^a   Lõhmus, Mare ^a   Devlin, Robert H ^a  

^a Fisheries and Oceans Canada   (Canada)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Competition; Ecology; Genetic modification; Invasion; Risk assessment; Transgenic; Trout

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FOOD SAFETY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMONID; SURVIVAL;

EID: 84892508294     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12185     Document Type: Article

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