Gulf sturgeon spawning migration and habitat in the choctawhatchee river system, alabama–Florida

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 811-826

  Fox, Dewayne A ^a   Hightower, Joseph E ^a   Parauka, Frank M ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT USE; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SPAWNING; SPAWNING GROUND;

CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ACIPENSER; ACIPENSER OXYRHYNCHUS; ACIPENSER OXYRHYNCHUS DESOTOI; ACIPENSER OXYRINCHUS; OXYRHYNCHUS; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0034037555     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(2000)129<0811:GSSMAH>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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