Size Selective Predation Among Juvenile Salmonid Fishes in a British Columbia Inlet
Field observations suggest early sea mortality of pink (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) and chum (O. keta) salmon fry is largely due to predation by juvenile coho (O. kisutch) salmon. A series of experiments demonstrates a strong bias toward the smaller individuals of the prey population. This results in an...
| Published in: | Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Canadian Science Publishing
1971
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f71-231 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f71-231 |