Influence of sex and reproductive status on seasonal movement of Lake Sturgeon in Namakan Reservoir, Minnesota-Ontario

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 10-20

  Shaw, Stephanie L ^a,e   Chipps, Steven R ^a   Windels, Steve K ^b   Webb, Molly A H ^c   McLeod, Darryl T ^d  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^c US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^d ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; FISH; IMMUNOASSAY; MOVEMENT; RADIOTELEMETRY; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DETERMINATION; SPAWNING; STEROID;

CANADA; MINNESOTA; NAMAKAN LAKE; ONTARIO [CANADA]; UNITED STATES;

ACIPENSER FULVESCENS;

EID: 84871111229     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00028487.2012.720625     Document Type: Article

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