Movement of Lake Sturgeon, Acipenser fulvescens, in a natural reach of the Ottawa River

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 541-545

  Haxton, Tim ^a  

^a ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acipenser fulvescens; Lake Sturgeon; Ontario; Ottawa River; Radio telemetry

Indexed keywords

FISH; MOVEMENT; RADIOTELEMETRY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; OTTAWA RIVER;

ACIPENSER; ACIPENSER FULVESCENS;

EID: 5444233637     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22621/cfn.v117i4.822     Document Type: Article

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