Use of Washington estuaries by subadult and adult green sturgeon

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 79, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 243-253

  Moser, Mary L ^a   Lindley, Steven T ^b  

^a NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acipenser medirostris; Feeding; Movements; Physiological refuge; Telemetry; Willapa Bay

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING; FEEDING GROUND; FISH; HABITAT USE; MOVEMENT; RADIOTELEMETRY; REFUGE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; WILLAPA BAY;

ACIPENSER MEDIROSTRIS; ACIPENSERIDAE;

EID: 34547734974     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-006-9028-1     Document Type: Article

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