Mortality of migrating Pacific salmon smolts in southern British Columbia, Canada

Determination of causes for recent declines in marine survival rates of many Pacific salmon populations has been hindered by lack of information on where and when mortality predominantly occurs. Acoustic telemetry was used to monitor movements of tagged outmigrating juvenile salmon, and mark-recaptu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Melnychuk, Michael Colin
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/16642