Movement, swimming speed, and oxygen consumption of juvenile white sturgeon in response to changing flow, water temperature, and light level in the Snake River, Idaho

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 803-816

  Geist, David R ^a   Brown, Richard S ^a   Cullinan, Valerie ^a   Brink, Steve R ^b   Lepla, Ken ^b   Bates, Phil ^b   Chandler, James A ^b  

^a BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b IDAHO POWER COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW VELOCITY; MOVEMENT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

IDAHO; NORTH AMERICA; SNAKE RIVER; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ACIPENSER TRANSMONTANUS;

EID: 21744455037     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T04-108.1     Document Type: Article

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