A standard weight equation to assess the condition of North American lake herring (coregonus artedi)

Journal of Freshwater Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 269-277

  Fisher, Shannon J ^a   Fielder, David G ^b  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Alpena Gt Lakes Fish Res Station   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; FISH; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIP; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

NORTH AMERICA;

COREGONUS ARTEDI;

EID: 0031718845     PISSN: 02705060     EISSN: 21566941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02705060.1998.9663619     Document Type: Article

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