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Age, Growth, and Mortality of Shovelnose Sturgeon in the Lower Mississippi River

James V. Morrow Jr. U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 39180, USA
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James P. Kirk U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 39180, USA
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K. Jack Killgore U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 39180, USA
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Steven G. George U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 39180, USA
Pages 725-730 | Received 09 Jun 1997, Accepted 15 Dec 1997, Published online: 08 Jan 2011

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