Status of river herring stocks in large rivers

American Fisheries Society Symposium

Volumn 2003, Issue 35, 2003, Pages 171-182

  Schmidt, Robert E ^a   Jessop, Brian M ^b   Hightower, Joseph E ^c  

^a Simon's Rock College   (United States)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALOSA AESTIVALIS; ALOSA CHRYSOCHLORIS; ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS; CLUPEA HARENGUS;

EID: 24344468780     PISSN: 08922284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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