Life history and the costs of reproduction in Northern Great Plains paddlefish (Polyodon spathula) as a potential framework for other Acipenseriform fishes

Reviews in Fisheries Science

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 211-263

  Scarnecchia, Dennis L ^a   Ryckman, L Fred ^b   Lim, Youngtaik ^a   Power, Greg J ^b   Schmitz, Brad J ^c   Firehammer, Jon A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b North Dakota Game and Fish Department   (United States)

^c WILDLIFE AND PARKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost of reproduction; Life history; Paddlefish; Sexual dimorphism; Sturgeon

Indexed keywords

ACIPENSERIDAE; ACIPENSERIFORMES; PISCES; POLYODON SPATHULA; POLYODONTIDAE (FISH);

EID: 35648950083     PISSN: 10641262     EISSN: 15476553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10641260701486981     Document Type: Article

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