Juvenile Bristol Bay Sockeye Salmon Ecology

• Main Author: Farley, Edward V., Jr.
• Other Authors: Adkison, Milo
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Aquatic sciences; Ecology; Biological oceanography; Bering Sea; Fairbanks; Pacific; Sockeye; Theragra chalcogramma; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11122/8948

Dissertation (Ph.D.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2008 Predicting annual returns of Bristol Bay sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) has been difficult due to large, unexplained variations in return strength. Ocean conditions, particularly during the first few months after salmon leave freshwater,...