An ecological context for evaluating the factors influencing muskellunge stocking success

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 238-248

  Wahl, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; LITERATURE REVIEW; STOCK ASSESSMENT;

ACTINOPTERYGII; CENTRARCHIDAE; ESOX MASQUINONGY; PHOXINUS PHOXINUS; PISCES;

EID: 0033024732     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8675(1999)019<0238:AECFET>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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