Does the value of newly accessible spawning habitat for walleye (Stizostedion vitreum) depend on its location relative to nursery habitats?

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1527-1538

  Jones, Michael L ^a   Netto, John K ^a,c   Stockwell, Jason D ^a,d   Mion, Joseph B ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Inland Fisheries Research Unit   (United States)

^c Green Bay Fishery Resources Office   (United States)

^d JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT RESTORATION; LARVAL TRANSPORT; RIVER FLOW; SURVIVAL;

NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; SANDUSKY RIVER; UNITED STATES;

STIZOSTEDION; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM;

EID: 1442290948     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f03-130     Document Type: Article

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