Bycatch of the endangered pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus) in a commercial fishery for shovelnose sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus platorynchus)

Journal of Applied Ichthyology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-4

  Bettoli, P W ^a   Casto Yerty, M ^a   Scholten, G D ^b   Heist, E J ^c  

^a TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TENNESSEE WILDLIFE RESOURCES AGENCY   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCAPHIRHYNCHUS; SCAPHIRHYNCHUS ALBUS; SCAPHIRHYNCHUS PLATORYNCHUS;

EID: 64549122077     PISSN: 01758659     EISSN: 14390426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2008.01183.x     Document Type: Article

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