Characteristics of spawning lake sturgeon in the Upper Black River, Michigan

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 301-307

  Smith, Kregg M ^a,b   Baker, Edward A ^b  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; CONSERVATION STATUS; LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIP; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; SPAWNING; VON BERTALANFFY EQUATION;

BLACK LAKE; BLACK RIVER [MICHIGAN]; MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ACIPENSER FULVESCENS; ACIPENSERIDAE;

EID: 15944368249     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M03-229.1     Document Type: Article

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