Age, growth, and mortality of shovelnose sturgeon in the lower Mississippi river

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 725-730

  Morrow, James V ^a   Kirk, James P ^a   Killgore, K Jack ^a   George, Steven G ^a  

^a WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; FISH; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY;

MISSISSIPPI; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

SCAPHIRHYNCHUS ALBUS; SCAPHIRHYNCHUS PLATORHYNCHUS;

EID: 0031734304     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8675(1998)018<0725:AGAMOS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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