Size-conditional smolting and the response of Carmel River steelhead to two decades of conservation efforts.

Threshold effects are common in ecosystems and can generate counterintuitive outcomes in management interventions. A threshold effect proposed for steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) is size-conditional smolting and marine survival. Steelhead are anadromous, maturing in the ocean but migrating to...

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Main Authors: Juan Lopez Arriaza, David A Boughton, Kevan Urquhart, Marc Mangel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5708832?pdf=render