A reexamination of the relationship between electrofishing catch rate and age-0 walleye density in Northern Wisconsin lakes

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 429-439

  Hansen, Michael J ^a   Newman, Steven P ^b   Edwards, Clayton J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

^b WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; CATCHABILITY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROFISHING; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DENSITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

PERCIFORMES; STIZOSTEDION; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM;

EID: 2942679753     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M03-014.1     Document Type: Article

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