Individual-based model of yellow perch and walleye populations in Oneida Lake

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 127-154

  Rose, Kenneth A ^a,e   Rutherford, Edward S ^b   McDermot, Dennis S ^c   Forney, John L ^d   Mills, Edward L ^d  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

^e LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensation; Density dependence; Fish; Individual based; Population dynamics; Predator prey; Recruitment; Simulation model; Stability; Walleye; Yellow perch

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FISH; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPAWNING;

NEW YORK; ONEIDA LAKE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; EPHEMEROPTERA; PERCA FLAVESCENS; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM;

EID: 0032965162     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9615(1999)069[0127:IBMOYP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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