Use of life history information in a population model for Sacramento green sturgeon

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 79, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 315-337

  Beamesderfer, Raymond C P ^a   Simpson, Michele L ^b   Kopp, Gabriel J ^b  

^a Cramer Fish Sciences   (United States)

^b Cramer Fish Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Distribution; Fecundity; Harvest; Life table; Mortality; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION STATUS; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FECUNDITY; FISH; LIFE HISTORY; MORTALITY; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION SIZE; RECRUITMENT; SEX RATIO; SPECIES CONSERVATION; VULNERABILITY;

CALIFORNIA; COLUMBIA RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; SACRAMENTO RIVER; SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN DELTA; SAN PABLO BAY; UNITED STATES;

ACIPENSER MEDIROSTRIS;

EID: 34547768742     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-006-9145-x     Document Type: Review

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