Known lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) spawning habitat in the channel between lakes Huron and Erie in the Laurentian Great Lakes

Journal of Applied Ichthyology

Volumn 18, Issue 4-6, 2002, Pages 486-490

  Manny, B A ^a   Kennedy, G W ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT SELECTION; SPAWNING GROUND; SUBSTRATE; WATER QUALITY;

UNITED STATES;

ACIPENSER; ACIPENSER FULVESCENS;

EID: 0036966890     PISSN: 01758659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0426.2002.00390.x     Document Type: Article

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