Summer habitat use by Gulf sturgeon in the Choctawhatchee River, Florida

Journal of Applied Ichthyology

Volumn 18, Issue 4-6, 2002, Pages 595-600

  Hightower, Joseph E ^a   Zehfuss, K P ^b   Fox, D A ^b   Parauka, F M ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c United States Fish/Wldlf Srvc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; DEPTH; HABITAT USE; SUMMER; WATER TEMPERATURE;

UNITED STATES;

ACIPENSER; ACIPENSER OXYRHYNCHUS DESOTOI; ACIPENSER OXYRINCHUS; OXYRHYNCHUS;

EID: 0036971484     PISSN: 01758659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0426.2002.00402.x     Document Type: Article

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