Variation in lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) abundance and growth among river reaches in a large regulated river

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 645-657

  Haxton, Tim J ^a   Findlay, C Scott ^b  

^a ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMPENSATION; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FISH; GROWTH RESPONSE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LAKE POLLUTION; MORTALITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RIVER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; OTTAWA RIVER;

ACIPENSER FULVESCENS;

EID: 41649090174     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F08-005     Document Type: Article

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