Dilemma on the Kootenai River - The risk of extinction or when does the hatchery become the best option?

American Fisheries Society Symposium

Volumn 2005, Issue 44, 2005, Pages 377-385

  Paragamian, Vaughn L ^a   Beamesderfer, Raymond C P ^b  

^a IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^b S P Cramer and Associates Inc   (United States)

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ACIPENSER TRANSMONTANUS;

EID: 33748697485     PISSN: 08922284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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