Ecology of juvenile chinook salmon in a small non-natal stream of the Yukon River drainage and the role of ice conditions on their distribution and survival

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Bradford, Michael J, Grout, Jeff A, Moodie, Sue
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: French
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2001
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Yukon; Croucher Creek; Yukon river
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z01-165; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z01-165

We investigated the ecology of juvenile stream-type chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in Croucher Creek, a small non-natal tributary of the upper Yukon River, in 1998 and 1999. Underyearling (age 0+) salmon enter Croucher Creek from the Yukon River in June, and by midsummer reached an averag...