Sensitivity of North American sturgeons and paddlefish to fishing mortality

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 48, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 399-405

  Boreman, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

chondrosteans; eggs per recruit; endangered species; exploitation; reproductive potential

Indexed keywords

ACIPENSER BREVIROSTRUM; ACIPENSER MEDIROSTRIS; ACIPENSERIDAE; MORONE SAXATILIS; PLEURONECTOIDEI; POLYODON SPATHULA; PSEUDOPLEURONECTES AMERICANUS;

EID: 0030987950     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1007345806559     Document Type: Conference Paper

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