Annual run size and genetic characteristics of Atlantic sturgeon in the Altamaha River, Georgia

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 393-401

  Peterson, Douglas L ^a   Schueller, Paul ^a   DeVries, Rob ^a   Fleming, Joel ^b   Grunwald, Cheryl ^c   Wirgin, Isaac ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Georgia Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CATCH COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FINFISH; GENETIC VARIATION; GILLNET; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MORTALITY; OVERFISHING; RELATEDNESS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SAMPLING; SPAWNING POPULATION; TAGGING; TELEOST;

ALTAMAHA RIVER; GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACIPENSER OXYRINCHUS;

EID: 43449098837     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T06-231.1     Document Type: Article

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