Diagnosing causes of white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) recruitment failure and the importance of substrate condition to yolksac larvae survival

White sturgeon are a conservation concern throughout their range, and three populations in Canada are experiencing nearly zero recruitment. While the presence of large dams on the Nechako, upper Columbia and Kootenay rivers suggests a causal relationship between flow regulation and recruitment fail...

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Main Author: McAdam, Donald Steven Osborne
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/43301