Effects of Stem Density of Artificial Vegetation on Abundance and Growth of Age-0 Bluegills and Predation by Largemouth Bass

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 422-433

  Hayse, John W ^a,b   Wissing, Thomas E ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUEGILL; GROWTH; LARGEMOUTH BASS; PREDICTION RISK; STEM DENSITY; TRADE-OFF;

USA, OHIO;

LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES;

EID: 0030299117     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(1996)125<0422:EOSDOA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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