Marine growth patterns of southern British Columbia chum salmon explained by interactions between density-dependent competition and changing climate

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
• Main Authors: Debertin, Allan J., Irvine, James R., Holt, Carrie A., Oka, Gladys, Trudel, Marc
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2017
• Subjects: Keta; Pacific; Sockeye; Oncorhynchus gorbuscha; Pink salmon
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2016-0265; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/cjfas-2016-0265; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/cjfas-2016-0265

Thirty-nine years of scale growth measurements from Big Qualicum River chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) in southern British Columbia demonstrated that competition and climate variation affect marine growth and age-at-maturity. A longitudinal study design that accounted for correlation among individua...