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Sockeye salmon evolution, ecology, and management

September 1, 2007

This collection of articles and photographs gives managers a good idea of recent research into what the sockeye salmon is and does, covering such topics as the vulnerability and value of sockeye salmon ecotypes, their homing ability, using new technologies to monitor reproduction, DNA and a founder event in the Lake Clark sockeye salmon, marine-derived nutrients, the exploitation of large prey, dynamic lake spawning migrations by females, variability of sockeye salmon residence, expression profiling using cDNA microarray technology, learning from stable isotropic records of native otolith hatcheries, the amount of data needed to manage sockeye salmon and estimating salmon "escapement." 

Publication Year 2007
Title Sockeye salmon evolution, ecology, and management
Authors Carol Ann Woody
Publication Type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Series Title Scitech Book News
Index ID 70174199
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
USGS Organization Alaska Science Center