Individual-based analyses reveal high repeatability in timing and location of reproduction in lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 60-72

  Forsythe, Patrick S ^a,c   Crossman, James A ^a,d   Bello, Nora M ^a,e   Baker, Edward A ^b   Scribner, Kim T ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN GREEN BAY   (United States)

^d BC HYDRO   (Canada)

^e KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; BODY SIZE; BREEDING SITE; DATA ACQUISITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEX ALLOCATION; SPAWNING; SUBPOPULATION; TELEOST; WATER TEMPERATURE;

BLACK RIVER [MICHIGAN]; MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

ACIPENSER FULVESCENS;

EID: 84855560307     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F2011-132     Document Type: Article

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