Age, growth, relative abundance, and scuba capture of a new or recovering spawning population of lake sturgeon in the lower Niagara River, New York

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1263-1272

  Hughes, Thomas C ^a,b,c   Lowie, Christopher E ^a,d   Haynes, James M ^b  

^a U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NIAGARA RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACIPENSER FULVESCENS; ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; OSMERUS MORDAX;

EID: 30744437893     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M05-039.1     Document Type: Article

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