Maturity schedules of Lake trout in lake Michigan

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 404-410

  Madenjian, Charles P ^a   DeSorcie, Timothy J ^a   Stedman, Ralph M ^a,b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth; Lake Michigan; Lake trout; Maturity; Nearshore offshore difference; Probit analysis

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; LAKE TROUT; MATURITY; SIZE AT MATURITY;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE MICHIGAN; SHEBOYGAN REEF; USA;

SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH;

EID: 0031826181     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(98)70831-7     Document Type: Article

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