Seasonal movement and mesohabitat usage of adult and juvenile lake sturgeon in the Grasse River, New York

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1006-1014

  Trested, Drew G ^a   Chan, Matthew D ^b   Bridges, William C ^c   Jeffery Isely, J ^c,d  

^a Normandeau Associates Inc   (United States)

^b PARSONS BRINCKERHOFF   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FISH; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; JUVENILE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MOVEMENT; RADIOTELEMETRY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUBSTRATE; WEIR;

GRASSE RIVER; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ACIPENSER FULVESCENS;

EID: 84869877928     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00028487.2011.603981     Document Type: Article

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