Oceanographic influences on patterns in North Pacific salmon abundance

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
• Main Authors: Stachura, Megan M., Mantua, Nathan J., Scheuerell, Mark D.
• Other Authors: Bradford, Michael
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2014
• Subjects: aleutian low; Bering Sea; Oncorhynchus gorbuscha; Pink salmon; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2013-0367; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/cjfas-2013-0367; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/cjfas-2013-0367

We identified three dominant patterns of temporal variation (1951–2002) in the abundance of 34 stock groups of wild North American and Asian pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha), chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta), and sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) that were related to patterns of oceanographic v...