Table of Contents

Preface / C. Groot and L. Margolis

Life History of Sockeye Salmon / Robert L. Burgner, University of Washington

Life History of Pink Salmon / William R. Heard, Auke Bay Fisheries Laboratory, Alaska

Life History of Chum Salmon / E.O. Salo, University of Washington

Life History of Chinook Salmon / M.C. Healey, University of British Columbia

Life History of Coho Salmon / F.K. Sandercock, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada

Life Histories of Masu and Amago Salmon / Fumihiko Kato, National Institute of Fisheries Science, Japan

Indexes

About the Author

C. Groot is an ethologist who has studied and worked in the field of fish behaviour in the Netherlands and Canada. At the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Pacific Biological Station in Nanaimo, British Columbia, his studies have centred on the migration of Pacific salmon, particularly on how they find their way during long-distance migrations, and on salmonid enhancement research. Recently, he has been appointed Climate Change Co-ordinator to examine the possible impacts that global climate changes can have on the fisheries resources of western Canada. He has also been a visiting Professor at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, B.C, and at the Bamfield Marine Station. L Margolis is the senior scientist at the Pacific Biological Station, in Nanaimo and an adjunct Professor at Simon Fraser University. Actively engaged for more than thirty-five years in research on Pacific salmon biology, his work has focused on stock discrimination, ocean migrations and distribution, and other aspects of the sea life of salmon. He is the author of over 140 research and review articles and editor of five special volumes on fish parasitology and fisheries science. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and in 1990 he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada.

Reviews

Groot and Margolis have compiled a timely classic, beautifully illustrated with 21 color plates. The text is the current, ultimate review of the life histories of the seven Pacific salmon species. Anyone wanting the definitive word in one volume, this is it - right now.
*Pullman Daily News*

This is a timely, up-to-date synthesis of our knowledge of the life histories of the seven species of Pacific salmon.
*Canadian Society of Zoologists*

The quantity of information contained within this volume is immense, and the book is unrivalled as a compendium of data and references on Pacific salmon life histories ... it is an excellent review and the culmination of a major effort by acknowledged experts on each of the species ... This book is destined to become a classic library reference and will probably also adorn the personal shelves of most salmon researchers and many others besides.
*Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology*