Chinese sturgeon (Acipenser sinensis) in the Yangtze River: A hydroacoustic assessment of fish location and abundance on the last spawning ground

Journal of Applied Ichthyology

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 140-144

  Qiao, Y ^a,c   Tang, X ^a   Brosse, S ^b   Chang, J ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIPENSER SINENSIS; ACIPENSERIDAE;

EID: 34547217892     PISSN: 01758659     EISSN: 14390426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2007.00942.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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