Ontogenetic behavior and migration of Gulf of Mexico sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi, with notes on body color and development

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-55

  Kynard, Boyd ^a   Parker, Erika ^a,b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Acipenseriformes; Dispersal; Early life history; Feeding; Larva; Rearing habitat

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MIGRATION; ONTOGENY;

NORTH AMERICA; SUWANNEE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ACIPENSER; ACIPENSER OXYRHYNCHUS DESOTOI; ACIPENSER OXYRINCHUS; ACIPENSERIDAE; ACIPENSERIFORMES; OXYRHYNCHUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3442896919     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EBFI.0000022855.96143.95     Document Type: Article

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