Status of caught wild spawners and propagation of the endangered sturgeon Acipenser sturio in France: A synthesis

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 87, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 515-524

  Williot, Patrick ^a   Rouault, Thierry ^a   Brun, Remy ^a   Pelard, Marcel ^a   Mercier, Daniel ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Endangered species; Propagation; Status; Wild spawners

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISH CULTURE; LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIP; SPAWNING;

FRANCE;

ACIPENSER; ACIPENSER OXYRINCHUS; ACIPENSER STURIO; CYPRINUS CARPIO;

EID: 0036442421     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1522-2632(200211)87:5/6<515::aid-iroh515>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Conference Paper

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