Characteristics of a lake sturgeon spawning population sampled a half century apart

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 124-130

  Haxton, Tim J ^a  

^a ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lake sturgeon; Ottawa River; Spawning assessment

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DAMS; LAKES; SAMPLING; SURVEYING;

LAKE STURGEON; OTTAWA RIVER; SPAWNING ASSESSMENT;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

AGING; DAM; LAKE; SPAWNING; SPAWNING POPULATION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; OTTAWA RIVER;

ACIPENSER FULVESCENS;

EID: 33645751050     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3394/0380-1330(2006)32[124:COALSS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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