Migration and movement patterns of green sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris) in the Klamath and Trinity rivers, California, USA

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 79, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 269-279

  Benson, Ryan L ^a   Turo, Scott ^b   McCovey Jr , Barry W ^a  

^a Yurok Tribal Fisheries Program   (United States)

^b Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Acipenseridae; Outmigration; Radio telemetry; River discharge; Sonic telemetry; Summer holding

Indexed keywords

FISH; MIGRATION; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; RADIOTELEMETRY; RIVER SYSTEM; SPAWNING;

CALIFORNIA; KLAMATH RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; TRINITY RIVER [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

ACIPENSER MEDIROSTRIS; ACIPENSERIDAE;

EID: 34547732400     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-006-9023-6     Document Type: Article

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