Biology, fisheries, and conservation of sturgeons and paddlefish in China

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 48, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 241-255

  Wei, Qiwei ^a   Ke, FU'En ^a   Zhang, Jueming ^b   Zhuang, Ping ^b   Luo, Junde ^c   Zhou, Rueqiong ^b   Yang, Wenhua ^a  

^a State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Germplasm Resources and Biotechnology   (China)

^b Yangtze River Fish Res Institute   (China)

^c Heilongjiang River Fisheries Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Acipenser; Acipenseriformes; Amur River; Gezhouba Dam; Huso; Psephurus; spawning areas; Three Gorges Project; Yangtze River

Indexed keywords

ACIPENSER; ACIPENSER DABRYANUS; ACIPENSER SCHRENCKII; ACIPENSER SINENSIS; ACIPENSERIDAE; ACIPENSERIFORMES; HUSO; HUSO DAURICUS; POLYODON SPATHULA; POLYODONTIDAE (FISH); PSEPHURUS; PSEPHURUS GLADIUS;

EID: 0030972051     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1007395612241     Document Type: Conference Paper

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