Density‐dependent effects of eastern Kamchatka pink salmon ( Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) and Japanese chum salmon ( O. keta) on age‐specific growth of western Alaska chum salmon

• Published in: Fisheries Oceanography
• Main Authors: Frost, Tessa J., Yasumiishi, Ellen M., Agler, Beverly A., Adkison, Milo D., McPhee, Megan V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2020
• Subjects: Bering Sea; Keta; Pacific; Kamchatka; Kuskokwim; Oncorhynchus gorbuscha; Pink salmon; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/fog.12505; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/fog.12505; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/fog.12505

Abstract Hatcheries release >4.5 billion juvenile Pacific salmon ( Oncorhynchus spp.) into the North Pacific Ocean annually, raising concerns about competition with wild salmon populations. We used retrospective scale analysis to investigate how the growth of chum salmon ( O . keta ) from western...