Life history, latitudinal patterns, and status of the shortnose sturgeon, Acipenser brevirostrum

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 48, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 319-334

  Kynard, Boyd ^a,b  

^a National Biological Service   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Acipenseridae; adaptation; anadromy; behavior; dam impacts; spawning migration

Indexed keywords

ACIPENSER BREVIROSTRUM; ACIPENSERIDAE; CHRISTIA;

EID: 0030905086     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1007372913578     Document Type: Conference Paper

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