Ontogenetic behavior and migration of Dabry's sturgeon, Acipenser dabryanus, from the Yangtze River, with notes on body color and development rate

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-36

  Kynard, Boyd ^a   Zhuang, Ping ^a,b   Zhang, Tao ^b   Zhang, Longzhen ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b SOUTH CHINA SEA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Acipenseriformes; Dispersal; Early life history; Habitat

Indexed keywords

COLOR; DISPERSAL; HABITAT SELECTION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIFE HISTORY; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; ONTOGENY;

CHINA;

ACIPENSER; ACIPENSER DABRYANUS; ACIPENSERIDAE; ACIPENSERIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038737050     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023238117045     Document Type: Article

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