Identifying river of origin for age-0 Scaphirhynchus sturgeons in the Missouri and Mississippi rivers using fin ray microchemistry

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 930-941

  Phelps, Quinton E ^a   Whitledge, Gregory W ^a   Tripp, Sara J ^a   Smith, Kurt T ^a   Garvey, James E ^a   Herzog, David P ^b   Ostendorf, David E ^b   Ridings, Joseph W ^b   Crites, Jason W ^b   Hrabik, Robert A ^b   Doyle, Wyatt J ^c   Hill, Tracy D ^c  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (United States)

^c US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; EMIGRATION; NATAL DISPERSAL; NURSERY GROUND; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); TELEOST;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; MISSOURI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ACIPENSERIDAE; PISCES; SCAPHIRHYNCHUS;

EID: 84860342067     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F2012-038     Document Type: Article

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