Thermal maxima for juvenile shortnose sturgeon acclimated to different temperatures

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 299-307

  Ziegeweid, Jeffrey R ^a   Jennings, Cecil A ^a   Peterson, Douglas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acipenser brevirostrum; Hematocrit; Mortality; Ontogenetic; Survival; Weight

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYPSITHERMAL; JUVENILE; ONTOGENY; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEASONAL VARIATION; TELEOST; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ACIPENSER BREVIROSTRUM;

EID: 45749085714     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-007-9292-8     Document Type: Article

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