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Abundance, Growth, Distribution, and Movements of White Sturgeon in the Mid-Snake River

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Title Abundance, Growth, Distribution, and Movements of White Sturgeon in the Mid-Snake River
Creator Coon, John C.; Bjornn, T.C.; Ringe, Rudy R.
Date 1977-09-01
Coverage Lower Granite Dam 46.63, -117.38
Subject sturgeon; population growth; dam effects
Description During the years 1972-75, we captured 876 sturgeon from the Snake River between Lower Granite and Hells Canyon dams. We marked or tagged the sturgeon so that we could assess their abundance, growth, distribution and movements. We recaptured 204 of the sturgeon, some up to eight times. Some of the large pools in the Snake River contained more than 200 sturgeon, according to our estimates. By expanding the population estimates we made for several pools in the river, we believe 8,000-12,000...
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Contributor Idaho Water Resources Research Institute; IWRRI
Publisher University of Idaho
Language eng
Rights Rights to the digital resource are held by the University of Idaho. http://www.uidaho.edu/
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Identifier http://digital.lib.uidaho.edu/cdm/ref/collection/idahowater/id/491

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