Maine's diadromous fish community: Past, present, and implications for Atlantic salmon recovery

Fisheries

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 537-547

  Saunders, Rory ^a   Hachey, Michael A ^a   Fay, Clem W ^b  

^a National Marine Fisheries Service   (United States)

^b Penobscot Nation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALOSA AESTIVALIS; ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS; ALOSA SAPIDISSIMA; CLUPEIDAE; OSMERUS MORDAX; PETROMYZON; PETROMYZON MARINUS; PISCES; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 33845770918     PISSN: 03632415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8446(2006)31[537:MDFC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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