Ecological factors influencing lifetime productivity of pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) in an Alaskan stream

• Published in: Canadian journal of fisheries and aquatic sciences Vol. 74; no. 9; pp. 1325 - 1336
• Main Authors: Manhard, Christopher V, Joyce, John E, Smoker, William W, Gharrett, Anthony J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ottawa NRC Research Press 01.09.2017; Canadian Science Publishing NRC Research Press
• Subjects: Animal reproduction; Creeks & streams; Ecological effects; Ecology; Emigration; Environmental aspects; Fresh water; Freshwater; Freshwater ecology; Freshwater fish; Marine; Marine environment; Migration; Oncorhynchus gorbuscha; Physiological aspects; Pink salmon; Productivity; Recruitment; Salmon; Sea surface temperature; Spawning; Statistics; Stream discharge; Stream flow; Studies; Survival; Time series; Alaska; United States > US; USA, Alaska, Auke Creek

Ecological factors underlying freshwater productivity and marine survival of pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) were evaluated by analyzing a 30 year time series of local environmental data and censuses of migrating adult and juvenile fish collected at Auke Creek, Alaska. Freshwater productivity w...