Stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen indicate differences in marine ecology between wild and hatchery-produced steelhead

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 526-532

  Quinn, Thomas P ^a   Seamons, Todd R ^a,b   Johnson, Susan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

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EID: 85010891764     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00028487.2012.670188     Document Type: Article

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