Alternatives for the protection and restoration of sturgeons and their habitat

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 48, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 407-417

  Beamesderfer, Raymond C P ^a   Farr, Ruth A ^a  

^a OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acipenseriformes; Columbia River; culture; harvest; hydropower; life history; population dynamics

Indexed keywords

ACIPENSER TRANSMONTANUS; ACIPENSERIDAE; ACIPENSERIFORMES;

EID: 0030972054     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1007310916515     Document Type: Conference Paper

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