Can we study sturgeons to extinction? What we do and don't know about the conservation of north American sturgeons

American Fisheries Society Symposium

Volumn 2002, Issue 28, 2002, Pages 3-10

  Secor, David H ^a   Anders, Paul J ^b   Van Winkle, Webster ^c   Dixon, Douglas A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c EPRI ^*  (United States)

^d EPRI (Electric Power Research Institute)   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIPENSERIDAE;

EID: 24344440301     PISSN: 08922284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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