The threatened status of acipenseriform species: A summary

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 48, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 427-435

  Birstein, Vadim J ^a,c   Demis, William E ^b   Waldman, John R ^a  

^a Sturgeon Society   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c Hudson River Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

CITES; dam construction; IUCN; listing; overfishing; paddlefishes; pollution; sturgeons

Indexed keywords

ACIPENSERIDAE; ACIPENSERIFORMES; POLYODONTIDAE (FISH);

EID: 0030973905     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1007382724251     Document Type: Conference Paper

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