Survival of shovelnose sturgeon after abdominally invasive endoscopic evaluation

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 121-125

  Trested, Drew G ^a,d   Goforth, Reuben ^b   Kirk, James P ^c   Jeffery Isely, J ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION   (United States)

^d Normandeau Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; STOCK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; TELEOST;

SCAPHIRHYNCHUS; SCAPHIRHYNCHUS ALBUS; SCAPHIRHYNCHUS PLATORYNCHUS;

EID: 79953077602     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M09-125.1     Document Type: Article

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