Juvenile white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) habitat and distribution in the Lower Fraser River, downstream of Hope, BC, Canada

Journal of Applied Ichthyology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 375-380

  Bennett, W R ^a   Edmondson, G ^a   Lane, E D ^a   Morgan, J ^a  

^a VANCOUVER ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GILLNET; HABITAT STRUCTURE; JUVENILE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION ESTIMATION; TELEOST; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; FRASER RIVER; NORTH AMERICA;

ACIPENSER TRANSMONTANUS; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LEUCISCUS CEPHALUS; MYLOCHEILUS CAURINUS; MYSIDA; MYSIDACEA;

EID: 33845360708     PISSN: 01758659     EISSN: 14390426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2005.00659.x     Document Type: Article

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