The status and distribution of lake sturgeon, Acipenser fulvescens, in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec: A genetic perspective

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 48, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 299-309

  Ferguson, Moira M ^a   Duckworth, George A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acipenseridae; anthropogenic influences; conservation; fish; postglacial recolonization

Indexed keywords

ACIPENSER FULVESCENS; ACIPENSERIDAE; LAURENTIA;

EID: 0030904379     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1007367818353     Document Type: Conference Paper

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