Recovery potential assessment for lake sturgeon in Canadian designatable units

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1065-1090

  Vélez Espino, Luis A ^a   Koops, Marten A ^a  

^a GREAT LAKES LABORATORY FOR FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIPENSER FULVESCENS;

EID: 78649392249     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M08-034.1     Document Type: Article

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