Status, population dynamics, and future prospects of the endangered Kootenai River white sturgeon population with and without hatchery intervention

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 518-532

  Paragamian, Vaughn L ^a   Beamesderfer, Raymond C P ^b   Ireland, Susan C ^c  

^a IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

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

^c Kootenai Tribe of Idaho   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISH; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ACIPENSER TRANSMONTANUS;

EID: 18244365342     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T03-011.1     Document Type: Article

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