Population characteristics of shovelnose sturgeon in the upper Wabash River, Indiana

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 52-62

  Kennedy, Anthony J ^a,c   Daugherty, Daniel J ^a,d   Sutton, Trent M ^a   Fisher, Brant E ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^c MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^d TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; BODY SIZE; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; ELECTROFISHING; FISH; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

INDIANA; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; MISSOURI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; TERRE HAUTE; UNITED STATES; WABASH RIVER;

ACIPENSERIDAE; SCAPHIRHYNCHUS; SCAPHIRHYNCHUS PLATORYNCHUS;

EID: 34147181099     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M06-038.1     Document Type: Article

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