Status and management of Eurasian sturgeon: An overview

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 87, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 483-506

  Williot, Patrick ^a   Arlati, Giovanni ^b   Chebanov, Mikhail ^c   Gulyas, Tamas ^d   Kasimov, Rafik ^e   Kirschbaum, Frank ^f   Patriche, Neculai ^g   Pavlovskaya, Ludmilla P ^h   Poliakova, Ludmilla ^b   Pourkazemi, Mohammad ⁱ   Kim, Yulyia ^j   Zhuang, Ping ^k   Zholdasova, Irina M ^h  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b Regione Lombardia   (Italy)

^c Krasnodar Res Inst of Fisheries   (Russian Federation)

^d Independent sturgeon specialist   (Hungary)

^e Institute of Physiology named after AI Karaev National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan   (Azerbaijan)

^f LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^g CCPPPIP   (Romania)

^h Karakalpak Br Acad Sci Uzbekistan   (Uzbekistan)

ⁱ INTERNATIONAL STURGEON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^j Almaty Fish Institute   (Kazakhstan)

^k Yangtze River Fish Res Institute   (China)

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Author keywords

Damming; Decline; Landing; Managing; Perspectives; Recovery measures; Regulation; Stocking

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION STATUS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DECLINE;

EID: 0036440237     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1522-2632(200211)87:5/6<483::AID-IROH483>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Conference Paper

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