Biennial patterns in Alaskan sockeye salmon ocean growth are associated with pink salmon abundance in the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Sea

• Published in: ICES Journal of Marine Science
• Main Authors: Rand, Peter S, Ruggerone, Gregory T
• Other Authors: Heino, Mikko, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2024
• Subjects: Bering Sea; Gulf of Alaska; Pacific; Sockeye; Oncorhynchus gorbuscha; Pink salmon; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsae022; https://academic.oup.com/icesjms/article-pdf/81/4/701/57945717/fsae022.pdf

Abstract In response to ocean heating and hatchery production, pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) returning from the North Pacific Ocean steadily increased after 1975, leading to concerns about their influence on food webs and competition with other species. Using measurements of distance between...