Diet of shovelnose sturgeon and pallid sturgeon in the free-flowing Mississippi River

Journal of Applied Ichthyology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 494-499

  Hoover, J J ^a,b   George, S G ^a   Killgore, K J ^a  

^a US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^b WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; PISCES; SCAPHIRHYNCHUS; SCAPHIRHYNCHUS ALBUS; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 34547162444     PISSN: 01758659     EISSN: 14390426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2007.00893.x     Document Type: Article

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