Growth strategy of juvenile lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) in a northern river

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 481-489

  Beamish, F William H ^a   Jebbink, Jo Anne ^a   Rossiter, Andrew ^a   Noakes, David L G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIPENSER FULVESCENS;

LAKE STURGEON; LIPID;

CANADA, (EAST);

EID: 0029662396     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f95-222     Document Type: Article

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