Habitat and movement of lake sturgeon in the upper mississippi river system, USA

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 507-522

  Knights, Brent C ^a   Vallazza, Jonathan M ^a   Zigler, Steven J ^a   Dewey, Michael R ^a  

^a UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT USE; MOVEMENT; RARE SPECIES; TAGGING;

UNITED STATES;

ACIPENSER; ACIPENSER FULVESCENS;

EID: 0036252359     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(2002)131<0507:HAMOLS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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