Comparative behaviour and dietary effects in early life phases of American sturgeons

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-30

  Ross, R M ^a   Bennett, R M ^a  

^a National Biological Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Acipenser fulvescens; Acipenser oxyrhynchus; Endangered species; Foraging; Juveniles; Scaphirhynchus platorhynchus; Swimming; USA

Indexed keywords

ACIPENSER FULVESCENS; ACIPENSER OXYRINCHUS; ACIPENSERIDAE; OXYRHYNCHUS; SCAPHIRHYNCHUS PLATORYNCHUS; ACIPENSER OXYRHYNCHUS; SCAPHIRHYNCHUS PLATORHYNCHUS;

ATLANTIC STURGEON; DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; LAKE STURGEON; SHOVELNOSE; SWIMMING BEHAVIOUR;

EID: 0031404828     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2400.1997.d01-158.x     Document Type: Review

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