The Relationship of Bluegill Growth, Lake Morphometry, and Water Quality in Minnesota

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 317-321

  Tomcko, Cynthia M ^a   Pierce, Rodney B ^a  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MORPHOMETRY; WATER QUALITY;

UNITED STATES;

ICHTHYOFAUNA; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034984089     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8659(2001)130<0317:TROBGL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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