Comparison of age and growth of shovelnose sturgeon in the missouri and yellowstone rivers

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 230-240

  Everett, Scott R ^a,c   Scarnecchia, Dennis L ^a   Power, Greg J ^b   Williams, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b North Dakota Game and Fish Department   (United States)

^c Department of Fisheries Resources Management ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FISH; GROWTH; SAMPLING; SPATIAL VARIATION;

UNITED STATES;

SCAPHIRHYNCHUS; SCAPHIRHYNCHUS PLATORYNCHUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037296279     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8675(2003)023<0230:COAAGO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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