Spawning Distribution of Sockeye Salmon in a Glacially Influenced Watershed: The Importance of Glacial Habitats

• Published in: Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
• Main Authors: Young, Daniel B., Woody, Carol Ann
• Other Authors: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2007
• Subjects: Sockeye; glacier; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1577/t05-321.1; https://afspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1577/T05-321.1

Abstract The spawning distribution of sockeye salmon Oncorhynchus nerka was compared between clear and glacially turbid habitats in Lake Clark, Alaska, with the use of radiotelemetry. Tracking of 241 adult sockeye salmon to 27 spawning locations revealed both essential habitats and the relationship...