Success of hatchery-reared juvenile white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) following release in the Kootenai River, Idaho, USA

Journal of Applied Ichthyology

Volumn 18, Issue 4-6, 2002, Pages 642-650

  Ireland, Susan C ^a   Beamesderfer, R C P ^b   Paragamian, V L ^c   Wakkinen, V D ^c   Siple, J T ^a  

^a Kootenai Tribe of Idaho   (United States)

^b S P Cramer and Associates Inc   (United States)

^c Idaho Department of Lands   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDITION FACTOR; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; HATCHERY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; STOCK ENHANCEMENT;

UNITED STATES;

ACIPENSER TRANSMONTANUS;

EID: 12244302884     PISSN: 01758659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0426.2002.00364.x     Document Type: Article

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