Juvenile Salmon Usage of the Skeena River Estuary

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Carr-Harris, Charmaine, Gottesfeld, Allen S., Moore, Jonathan W.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2015
• Subjects: Research Article; British Columbia; Canada; Skeena; Skeena River; Sockeye; Stikine; First Nations; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4352006; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25749488; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0118988

Migratory salmon transit estuary habitats on their way out to the ocean but this phase of their life cycle is more poorly understood than other phases. The estuaries of large river systems in particular may support many populations and several species of salmon that originate from throughout the ups...