The effects of substrate composition on foraging behavior and growth rate of larval green sturgeon, Acipenser medirostris

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 79, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 231-241

  Nguyen, Rosalee M ^a   Crocker, Carlos E ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anadromous; Specific growth rate

Indexed keywords

ANADROMY; FEEDING; FISH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH RATE; LARVA; MORPHOMETRY; SUBSTRATE; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR;

ACIPENSER MEDIROSTRIS;

EID: 34547778908     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-006-9175-4     Document Type: Article

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