Quantifying the effects of stream habitat on populations of breeding Pacific salmon

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
• Main Authors: Nelson, Michelle C., Hocking, Morgan D., Harding, Jennifer N., Harding, Joel M.S., Reynolds, John D.
• Other Authors: Magnan, Pierre
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2015
• Subjects: Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Canada; Pacific; British Columbia; Keta; Oncorhynchus gorbuscha; Pink salmon
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2014-0253; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/cjfas-2014-0253; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/cjfas-2014-0253

Recognizing the mechanisms by which environmental conditions drive population dynamics can greatly benefit conservation and management. For example, reductions in densities of spawning Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) have received considerable attention, but the role of habitat characteristics on...