Restoration of the European sturgeon, Acipenser sturio L., 1758 in Germany: Effect of different feed items on specific growth rates of large juvenile fish

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 87, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 539-551

  Hensel, Emanuel C K ^a   Kirschbaum, Frank ^a   Williot, Patrick ^b   Wirth, Manfred ^a   Gessner, Jorn ^a  

^a Institute of Water Ecology and Inland Fishery   (Germany)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Brood stock; Compensatory growth; Feeding experiments; Gonad maturation; Individual growth

Indexed keywords

BROOD STOCK; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DIET; GROWTH RATE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

GERMANY;

ACIPENSER STURIO;

EID: 0036439917     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1522-2632(200211)87:5/6<539::AID-IROH539>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Conference Paper

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