| Title | Identification of multiple genetically distinct populations of Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in a small coastal watershed |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2017 |
| Authors | Davis, Chante D., John Carlos Garza, and Michael A. Banks |
| Secondary Title | Environmental Biology of Fishes |
| Volume | 100 |
| Pagination | p.923-933 |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Electronic Subscription, Digital Open Access |
| Keywords | Siletz River, Chinook salmon = Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, genetics, life history information, population biology, |
| Notes | While local residents are aware of the spring run of Chinook salmon on the Siletz River, this run is not extensively noted in the literature. In this article, researchers examined Chinook salmon from the Siletz River Basin. Using three different kinds of genetic markers, they identified two distinctly different populations, “early returning fish that spawn above a waterfall, a spring-run population, and later returning fish spawning below the waterfall, a fall-run population” (from the Abstract). The authors point out that even small basins like the Siletz can host different fish populations, and more attention should be paid to smaller watersheds in order to improve conservation. This is an open-access publication. |
| URL | https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs10641-017-0616-z.pdf |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10641-017-0616-z |
| Series Title | Environmental Biology of Fishes |
