Largemouth bass abundance and aquatic vegetation in Florida lakes: An empirical analysis

Journal of Aquatic Plant Management

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-32

  Hoyer, Mark V ^b   Canfield Jr , D E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aquatic macrophytes; Lake surface area; Lake trophic status; Largemouth bass

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029704929     PISSN: 01466623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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