Canadian‐Origin Chinook Salmon Rearing in Nonnatal U.S. Tributary Streams of the Yukon River, Alaska

• Published in: Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
• Main Authors: Daum, David W., Flannery, Blair G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2011
• Subjects: Yukon; Canada; Carmacks; Yukon river; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00028487.2011.545004; https://afspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00028487.2011.545004

Abstract Yukon River Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha are described as having a “stream‐type” life history strategy. After emergence from river gravel, juveniles typically feed and grow in tributary streams of the Yukon River throughout their first summer, overwinter in freshwater, and usuall...