A riparian habitat hypothesis for successful reproduction of white sturgeon

Reviews in Fisheries Science

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-73

  Coutant, Charles C ^a,b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acipenser transmontanus; Egg attachment; Larval habitat; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ACIPENSER; ACIPENSER TRANSMONTANUS; RIPARIA; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1842761397     PISSN: 10641262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10641260490273023     Document Type: Review

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