Prespawning, spawning, and postspawning behavior of striped bass in the miramichi river

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 121-134

  Douglas, Scott G ^a   Chaput, Gerald ^a   Hayward, John ^a   Sheasgreen, Joseph ^a  

^a GULF FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; PERCIFORM; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPAWNING; STOCK ASSESSMENT; TELEMETRY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CANADA; MIRAMICHI ESTUARY; NEW BRUNSWICK;

MORONE; MORONE SAXATILIS;

EID: 79955123108     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T07-218.1     Document Type: Article

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