Habitat Utilization and Biological Characteristics of Adult Atlantic Sturgeon in Two South Carolina Rivers

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 982-988

  Collins, Mark R ^a   Smith, Theodore I J ^a   Post, William C ^a   Pashuk, Oleg ^a  

^a MARINE RESOURCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; DISPERSAL; HABITAT USE; SEX DETERMINATION; SEXUAL MATURITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034456154     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(2000)129<0982:HUABCO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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