Seasonal movement patterns and habitat preferences of Age-0 lake sturgeon in the lower Peshtigo River, Wisconsin

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1400-1409

  Benson, Angela C ^a,d   Sutton, Trent M ^a   Elliott, Robert F ^b   Meronek, Thomas G ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Green Bay Fishery Resources Office   (United States)

^c WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^d INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; LIFE HISTORY; MOVEMENT; SEASONALITY;

NORTH AMERICA; PESHTIGO RIVER; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WISCONSIN; WORLD;

ACIPENSER FULVESCENS; DIPTERA;

EID: 27144432803     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T04-179.1     Document Type: Article

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