Green sturgeon physical habitat use in the Coastal Pacific Ocean

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Huff, David D ^a   Lindley, Steven T ^a   Rankin, Polly S ^b   Mora, Ethan A ^c  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIPENSER MEDIROSTRIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTUARY; FORAGING; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GREEN STURGEON; HABITAT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SPECIES; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; STATISTICAL MODEL; WATER TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ACIPENSER MEDIROSTRIS;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 80053067638     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025156     Document Type: Article

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