A novel approach to fitting the Von Bertalanffy relationship to a mixed stock of atlantic sturgeon harvested off the New Jersey coast

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 195-202

  Johnson, James H ^a   McKenna Jr , James E ^a   Dropkin, David S ^a   Andrews, William D ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Nacote Creek Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIPENSER OXYRINCHUS;

EID: 22544482662     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1092-6194(2005)012[0195:ANATFT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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