Assessing regional patterns of juvenile salmon growth in the Salish Sea

• Main Authors: Journey, Meredith L., Trudel, Marc Jean, Neville, C. M., Sweeting, Ruston, Beckman, Brian R.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Western CEDAR 2014
• Subjects: Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology; Keta; Pacific; Queen Charlotte; Sockeye; Pink salmon
• Online Access: https://cedar.wwu.edu/ssec/2014ssec/Day1/10; https://cedar.wwu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1009&context=ssec

Early marine juvenile growth in Pacific salmon is generally positively correlated with overall survival to reproductive age. In this study, regional patterns of juvenile salmon growth are being analyzed over a two-year period (2012-2013) in the Salish Sea and surrounding waters to better assess juve...