Effect of fin clipping on overwinter growth and survival of age-0 walleyes

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1290-1294

  Pratt, Thomas C ^a   Fox, Michael G ^b  

^a GREAT LAKES LABORATORY FOR FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIPPING; GROWTH RATE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; SURVIVAL;

CANADA;

LOTA LOTA; STIZOSTEDION; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036861503     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/1548-8675(2002)022<1290:EOFCOO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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