Spatial habitat dynamics affecting bluegill abundance in Minnesota bass-panfish lakes

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1051-1066

  Cross, Timothy K ^a   McInerny, Michael C ^a  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCALE EFFECT;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS;

EID: 23844505916     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M04-072.1     Document Type: Article

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