The first endangered white sturgeon population: Repercussions in an altered large river-floodplain ecosystem

American Fisheries Society Symposium

Volumn 2002, Issue 28, 2002, Pages 67-82

  Anders, Paul J ^a   Richards, Diana L ^b   Powell, Madison S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b Hagerman Fish Culture Experiment Station ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

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ACIPENSER TRANSMONTANUS;

EID: 24344455633     PISSN: 08922284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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