A comment on the Siberian, Acipenser baerii, and Russian, Acipenser gueldenstaedtii, sturgeons

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 91-92

  Birstein, Vadim J ^a   Ruban, Georgii ^b  

^a Sturgeon Conservation International   (United States)

^b SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Anadromous; Mitochondrial DNA; Ponto Caspian species; Potamodromous; Sturgeons

Indexed keywords

FISH; LIFE HISTORY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

EURASIA; LAKE BAIKAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIA;

ACIPENSER; ACIPENSER BAERII; ACIPENSER GUELDENSTAEDTII; ACIPENSERIDAE;

EID: 3442875396     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EBFI.0000022853.06583.ea     Document Type: Article

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