Effects of vegetation removal on bluegill and largemouth bass in two Minnesota Lakes

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 748-757

  Pothoven, Steven A ^a,b   Vondracek, Bruce ^a   Pereira, Donald L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NOAA GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DIET; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GROWTH; HERBICIDE;

MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

ACTINOPTERYGII; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032709034     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8675(1999)019<0748:EOVROB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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