Latitudinal variation in lake sturgeon size as related to the thermal opportunity for growth

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 549-558

  Power, M ^a   McKinley, R S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

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ACIPENSER FULVESCENS;

EID: 0030696166     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(1997)126<0549:LVILSS>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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