Effects of stocking size and rearing method on muskellunge survival in chautauqua lake, New York

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 249-257

  McKeown, Paul E ^a   Forney, John L ^b   Mooradian, Stephen R ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION   (United States)

^b Department of Natural Resources and the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISHERY MANAGEMENT; REARING; STOCKING DENSITY; SURVIVAL;

CHAUTAUQUA LAKE; NEW YORK; UNITED STATES;

ACTINOPTERYGII; ESOX MASQUINONGY; STIZOSTEDION; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM;

EID: 0033036517     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8675(1999)019<0249:EOSSAR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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