Year-class strength and recovery of endangered shortnose sturgeon in the Hudson River, New York

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 72-81

  Woodland, Ryan J ^a   Secor, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGE STRUCTURE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FINFISH; MORTALITY; POPULATION GROWTH; RECRUITMENT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

HUDSON RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACIPENSER BREVIROSTRUM;

EID: 33847407891     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T06-015.1     Document Type: Article

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