Evaluation of carrying capacity of pacific salmon in the North Pacific Ocean for ecosystem — Based Sustainable Conservation Management

• Main Author: Masahide Kaeriyama
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Climate change; carrying capacity; hatchery/wild interactions; Keta; Pacific; Sockeye; aleutian low; Pink salmon
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.517.2856; http://www.npafc.org/new/publications/Technical Report/TR5/page 1-4(Kaeriyama).pdf

The change in biomass of Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) indicates a 30- or 40-year periodicity in the North Pacific Ocean coinciding with long-term climate conditions. I estimated the carrying capacity (K) of sockeye (O. nerka), chum (O. keta), and pink salmon (O. gorbuscha) in the North Pacific...