Observations on the natural history of the Gulf of Mexico sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus de sotoi Vladykov 1955) in the Suwannee River, southeastern United States

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 169-174

  Carr, S H ^a   Tatman, F ^a   Chapman, F A ^b  

^a Caribbean Conservation Corporation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anadromous; Growth; Homing; Migration; Population estimate; Springs; Sturgeon

Indexed keywords

ACIPENSER OXYRINCHUS; ANIMALIA;

EID: 0001349718     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.1996.tb00130.x     Document Type: Article

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