An overview of Acipenseriformes

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 48, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 25-71

  Bemis, William E ^a,b   Findeis, Eric K ^a,b   Grande, Lance ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acipenseridae; Actinopterygii; Chondrosteidae; Paleonisciformes; Pe ipiaosteidae; Polyodontidae

Indexed keywords

ACIPENSER; ACIPENSERIDAE; ACIPENSERIFORMES; ACTINOPTERYGII; AMIA; CHEIROLEPIS; CHONDROSTEIDAE; LEPISOSTEUS; MIMIA; MOYTHOMASIA; PISCES; POLYPTERUS; SAURICHTHYS;

EID: 0030989838     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1007370213924     Document Type: Conference Paper

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