Environmental and lunar cues are predictive of the timing of river entry and spawning-site arrival in lake sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-53

  Forsythe, P S ^a   Scribner, K T ^a   Crossman, J A ^a,c   Ragavendran, A ^a,d   Baker, E A ^b   Davis, C ^a,e   Smith, K K ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^c BC Hydro Power   (Canada)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e British Columbia Ministry of Natural Resource Operations   (Canada)

Author keywords

Great Lakes; Lagged effects; Lunar cycle; Migration; Photoperiod; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FISH; MALE; MOON; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CUES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FISHES; MALE; MOON; PERIODICITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ACIPENSER FULVESCENS; ACIPENSERIFORMES; PISCES;

EID: 84863321783     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03308.x     Document Type: Article

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