Acute sensitivity of juvenile shortnose sturgeon to low dissolved oxygen concentrations

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 772-776

  Campbell, Jed G ^a   Goodman, Larry R ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DREDGING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EUTROPHICATION; JUVENILE; POLLUTION EFFECT;

ACIPENSER; ACIPENSER BREVIROSTRUM; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2942618789     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T02-070.1     Document Type: Article

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