Hybrids between chum Oncorhynchus keta and pink Oncorhynchus gorbuscha salmon: age, growth and morphology and effects on salmon production

• Published in: Journal of Fish Biology
• Main Authors: Zhivotovsky, L. A., Tochilina, T. G., Shaikhaev, E. G., Pogodin, V. P., Malinina, T. V., Gharrett, A. J.
• Other Authors: Russian Foundation for Basic Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2016
• Subjects: Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Keta; Pacific; Oncorhynchus gorbuscha; Pink salmon
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfb.13118; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fjfb.13118; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/am-pdf/10.1111/jfb.13118; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jfb.13118

Mature hybrids between chum salmon Oncorhynchus keta and pink salmon Oncorhynchus gorbuscha , which were identified by an intermediate colour pattern, were caught at the Kurilsky Hatchery, Iturup Island, Russia. Most of them were female and 3 years old (a partial freshwater year and 2 marine years),...