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Filtering by: Subject Pacific salmon -- Habitat -- Oregon Advisor Fleming, Ian A. Committee Member Jones, Kim K.

Habitat use, movement, and life history variation of coastal cutthroat trout, Oncorhynchus clarkii clarkii, in the Salmon River estuary, Oregon

Creator:

Krentz, Lisa K.

Abstract:

Anadromous coastal cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarkii clarkii may be highly dependent on estuaries, passing through them multiple times during their lifetime. However, few studies have investigated estuarine use by coastal cutthroat trout and it is often thought that estuaries serve primarily as migration corridors rather than rearing areas. We used...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

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iteroparous, they are likely to be more dependent on estuarine habitat than other Pacific salmon that spend