Sturgeon conservation: Insights from elasticity analysis

American Fisheries Society Symposium

Volumn 2002, Issue 28, 2002, Pages 13-30

  Gross, Mart R ^a   Repka, Joe ^a   Robertson, Cory T ^a   Secor, David H ^b   Van Winkle, Webster ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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

^c Van Winkle Environmental Consulting Co   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIPENSER BREVIROSTRUM; ACIPENSER OXYRINCHUS; ACIPENSER TRANSMONTANUS;

EID: 24344500275     PISSN: 08922284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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