Reproductive biology of female shovelnose sturgeon in the upper Wabash River, Indiana

Journal of Applied Ichthyology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 177-182

  Kennedy, A J ^a   Sutton, Trent M ^a   Fisher, B E ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Atterbury Fish and Wildlife Area   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; EGG SIZE; FECUNDITY; FISH; RECRUITMENT; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SIZE AT MATURITY;

INDIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WABASH RIVER;

SCAPHIRHYNCHUS PLATORYNCHUS;

EID: 33744477403     PISSN: 01758659     EISSN: 14390426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2006.00745.x     Document Type: Article

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