Relationship between alewife abundance and yellow perch recruitment in Southern Lake Michigan

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 220-225

  Shroyer, Steven M ^a   McComish, Thomas S ^a  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; RECRUITMENT;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS; PERCA FLAVESCENS;

EID: 0033837831     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8675(2000)020<0220:RBAAAY>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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