Status and management of Atlantic sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus, in North America

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 48, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 335-346

  Smith, Theodore I J ^a   Clugston, James P ^b  

^a SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^b National Biological Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Acipenseridae; culture; fisheries; gulf sturgeon; life history; regulations; value

Indexed keywords

ACIPENSER OXYRHYNCHUS; ACIPENSER OXYRINCHUS; ACIPENSERIDAE; OXYRHYNCHUS;

EID: 0030972053     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1007307507468     Document Type: Conference Paper

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