Changes in age-0 fish growth and abundance following the introduction of zebra mussels dreissena polymorpha in the western basin of lake erie

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 604-609

  Trometer, E S ^a   Busch, W D N ^a  

^a U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGE CLASS; GROWTH RATE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MOLLUSC; PREY SELECTION;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE ERIE; NORTH AMERICA;

ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS; APLODINOTUS GRUNNIENS; AVES; BIVALVIA; CHRYSOPS; DOROSOMA CEPEDIANUM; DOROSOMATINAE; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; ICHTHYOFAUNA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; MORONE AMERICANA; MORONE CHRYSOPS; NOTROPIS ATHERINOIDES; NOTROPIS HUDSONIUS; OSMERUS MORDAX; PERCA FLAVESCENS; PERCOPIS OMISCOMAYCUS; PERCOPSIS OMISCOMAYCUS; SALMONIDAE; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM;

EID: 0032854562     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8675(1999)019<0604:CIAFGA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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