A conceptual life-history model for pallid and shovelnose sturgeon

US Geological Survey Circular

Volumn , Issue 1315, 2007, Pages 1-22

  Wildhaber, Mark L ^a   De Lonay, Aaron J ^a   Papoulias, Diana M ^a   Galat, David L ^a   Jacobson, Robert B ^a   Simpkins, Darin G ^a   Braaten, Patrick J ^a   Korschgen, Carl E ^a   Mac, Michael J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACIPENSERIDAE; SCAPHIRHYNCHUS; SCAPHIRHYNCHUS ALBUS;

EID: 84857295222     PISSN: 1067084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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