Postsmolt Growth and Thermal Regime Define the Marine Survival of Steelhead from the Keogh River, British Columbia

Marine and Coastal Fisheries

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-11

  Friedland, Kevin D ^a   Ward, Bruce R ^b   Welch, David W ^c   Hayes, Sean A ^d  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Kintama Research Services Ltd   (Canada)

^d SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMO SALAR; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 84905703513     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19425120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19425120.2013.860065     Document Type: Article

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