Changes in California Chinook salmon diet over the past 50 years: Relevance to the recent population crash

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 498, Issue , 2014, Pages 249-261

  Thayer, Julie A ^a   Field, John C ^b   Sydeman, William J ^a  

^a FARALLON INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinook salmon; Decadal variation; Diet composition; Diet diversity; Prey availability; Seasonal variation; SST

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894421347     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10608     Document Type: Article

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