Estuarine and coastal habitat use of gulf sturgeon (acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi) in the North-Central Gulf of Mexico

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 360-374

  Ross, Stephen T ^a   Todd Slack, W ^b   Heise, Ryan J ^a,f   Dugo, Mark A ^a   Rogillio, Howard ^c   Bowen, Bryant R ^a,g   Mickle, Paul ^a,e   Heard, Richard W ^d  

^a University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

^b Mississippi Museum Natural Science   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^f North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission   (United States)

^g Wildlife Resources Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi; Acipenseridae; Anadromous fishes; Conservation; Gulf of Mexico; Gulf sturgeon; Marine habitat use

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FISH; HABITAT USE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOVEMENT; SALT WATER; SEASONALITY; SHALLOW WATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TELEMETRY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

ACIPENSER OXYRHYNCHUS DESOTOI; ACIPENSER OXYRINCHUS; ACIPENSERIDAE; AMPHIPODA; ANNELIDA; BRANCHIOSTOMA FLORIDAE; CLYPEASTEROIDA; HAUSTORIIDAE; MOLLUSCA; PISCES;

EID: 60449088438     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-008-9122-z     Document Type: Article

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