Conservation implications of behaviour and growth of the lake sturgeon, Acipenser fulvescens, in Northern Ontario

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 55, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 135-144

  Noakes, David L G ^a   Beamish, F William H ^a   Rossiter, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b LAKE BIWA MUSEUM   (Japan)

Author keywords

Environment; Latitudinal cline; Population; Recruitment; Size distribution

Indexed keywords

AGE; CONSERVATION; GROWTH; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

CANADA; GROUNDHOG RIVER; MATTAGAMI RIVER; ONTARIO;

ACIPENSER FULVESCENS; MARMOTA MONAX; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033014758     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1007548322480     Document Type: Conference Paper

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