Wetland Loss, Juvenile Salmon Foraging Performance, and Density Dependence in Pacific Northwest Estuaries

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 767-780

  David, Aaron T ^a   Simenstad, Charles A ^a   Cordell, Jeffery R ^a   Toft, Jason D ^a   Ellings, Christopher S ^b   Gray, Ayesha ^c   Berge, Hans B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Nisqually Indian Tribe ^*  (United States)

^c Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve   (United States)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Estuarine wetlands; Foraging; Pacific salmon

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DIETARY SHIFT; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT LOSS; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY; POPULATION DENSITY; SALMONID; SURVIVAL; WETLAND;

PACIFIC NORTHWEST;

ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA;

EID: 84946780649     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-015-0041-5     Document Type: Article

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