Chum salmon

Historically pink and chum salmon likely have always been the most abundant salmon species in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). Factors accounting for this include biology requiring less extensive freshwater life history that affords opportunities for producing large numbers of juveniles. Most GOA pink and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: William R. Heard, Alex C. Wertheimer
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1920
Subjects:
PDO
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.432.8819
http://www.npafc.org/new/publications/Technical Report/TR8/Heard and Wertheimer.pdf
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Summary:Historically pink and chum salmon likely have always been the most abundant salmon species in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). Factors accounting for this include biology requiring less extensive freshwater life history that affords opportunities for producing large numbers of juveniles. Most GOA pink and chum salmon originate from many regions throughout Alaska and British Columbia. Not all, however, originate from North America. Some East