Detection of natural barriers to movement of lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) within the Namakan river, Ontario

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 390-397

  Welsh, A B ^a   McLeod, D T ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT OSWEGO   (United States)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; GENETIC MARKER; ISOLATED POPULATION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LOCOMOTION; MIGRATION; NATURAL BARRIER; POPULATION SIZE; TELEOST;

CANADA; NAMAKAN RIVER; ONTARIO [CANADA];

ACIPENSER FULVESCENS;

EID: 77950183468     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z10-009     Document Type: Article

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