Relationships between annual variations in reservoir conditions and age-0 largemouth bass year-class strength

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 699-715

  Jackson, James R ^a   Noble, Richard L ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECRUITMENT; RESERVOIR;

JORDAN LAKE; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

DOROSOMA; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES;

EID: 0034039004     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(2000)129<0699:RBAVIR>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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