Climatic and hydrological determinants of year-class strength of st. Lawrence river lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 774-780

  Nilo, Pedro ^a   Dumont, Pierre ^b   Fortin, Réjean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Ministere du Developpement durable de l'Environnement et des Parcs   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; LAKE STURGEON; YEAR-CLASS STRENGTH;

CANADA; DES PARIRIES RIVER; L'ASSOMPTION RIVER; QUEBEC; ST LAWRENCE RIVER;

ACIPENSER FULVESCENS;

EID: 0030816081     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f96-330     Document Type: Article

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