Survival, growth, and abundance of pellet-reared and minnow-reared muskellunge stocked in northwestern Iowa

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 230-237

  Larscheid, Joe ^a   Christianson, Jim ^a   Gengerke, Thomas ^a   Jorgensen, Wallace ^a  

^a Iowa Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; GROWTH; REARING; SURVIVAL;

IOWA; UNITED STATES;

ACTINOPTERYGII; ESOX MASQUINONGY; PHOXINUS PHOXINUS;

EID: 0033033502     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8675(1999)019<0230:SGAAOP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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