Marine growth patterns of southern British Columbia chum salmon explained by interactions between density-dependent competition and changing climate

• Main Authors: Debertin, Allan J., Irvine, James R., Holt, Carrie A., Oka, Gladys, Trudel, Marc
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: NRC Research Press (a division of Canadian Science Publishing) 2016
• Subjects: Pacific; Sockeye; Keta; Oncorhynchus gorbuscha; Pink salmon
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1807/76728; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/cjfas-2016-0265

Thirty-nine years of scale growth measurements from Big Qualicum River chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) in southern British Columbia demonstrated that competition and climate variation affect marine growth and age at maturity. A longitudinal study design that accounted for correlation among individua...