Atlantic and shortnose sturgeons of the Hudson River: Common and divergent life history attributes

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 48, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 347-358

  Bain, Mark B ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Acipenser brevirostrum; Acipenser oxyrinchus; Acipenseridae; age; distribution; growth; habitat use; maturity; movements; size

Indexed keywords

ACIPENSER BREVIROSTRUM; ACIPENSER OXYRINCHUS; ACIPENSERIDAE;

EID: 0030896589     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1007325814893     Document Type: Conference Paper

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