Evaluating risks for threatened aquatic species: The shortnose sturgeon in the Connecticut River

American Fisheries Society Symposium

Volumn 2002, Issue 28, 2002, Pages 45-54

  Root, Karen V ^a  

^a APPLIED BIOMATHEMATICS   (United States)

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ACIPENSER BREVIROSTRUM;

EID: 24344455634     PISSN: 08922284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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