Environmental conditions impacting juvenile Chinook salmon growth off central California: An ecosystem model analysis

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2910-2917

  Fiechter, J ^a   Huff, D D ^a,b   Martin, B T ^c   Jackson, D W ^b   Edwards, C A ^a   Rose, K A ^d   Curchitser, E N ^e   Hedstrom, K S ^f   Lindley, S T ^b   Wells, B K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NOAA SWFSC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

California Current; central California; coastal upwelling; ecosystem model; interannual variability; juvenile Chinook salmon

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS;

CALIFORNIA; CALIFORNIA CURRENT; CHINOOK SALMON; COASTAL UPWELLING; ECOSYSTEM MODEL; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY;

ECOLOGY;

COASTAL WATER; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EMIGRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; SALMONID; SEASONAL VARIATION; UPWELLING;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EUPHAUSIACEA; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA;

EID: 84929505198     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL063046     Document Type: Article

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