Lake sturgeon population characteristics in Rainy Lake, Minnesota and Ontario

Journal of Applied Ichthyology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 97-102

  Adams Jr , W E ^a   Kallemeyn, L W ^b   Willis, David W ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

CANADA; MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; RAINY LAKE; UNITED STATES;

ACIPENSER FULVESCENS;

EID: 33745933519     PISSN: 01758659     EISSN: 14390426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2006.00725.x     Document Type: Article

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