Standardised removal and sectioning locations for shovelnose sturgeon fin rays

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 139-145

  Koch, Jeff D ^a   Schreck, W J ^a   Quist, M C ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Fin ray; Shovelnose sturgeon

Indexed keywords

AGE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; FISH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY PRODUCTION; GROWTH RESPONSE; OPTIMUM FORAGING THEORY;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

SCAPHIRHYNCHUS; SCAPHIRHYNCHUS PLATORYNCHUS;

EID: 40949099595     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: 13652400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2008.00594.x     Document Type: Article

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