Behavior of early life intervals of Klamath River green sturgeon, Acipenser medirostris, with a note on body color

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 85-97

  Kynard, Boyd ^a   Parker, Erika ^a   Parker, Timothy ^a  

^a SO Conte Anadromous Fish Res Ctr   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Habitat; Larvae; Migration; Ontogenetic behavior; Wintering behavior

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; COLOR; MIGRATION; ONTOGENY; OVERWINTERING;

KLAMATH RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ACIPENSER; ACIPENSER MEDIROSTRIS; ACIPENSERIDAE;

EID: 12944263580     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-004-6584-0     Document Type: Article

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