Fish predation and trapping for rusty crayfish (Orconectes rusticus) control: A whole-lake experiment

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 383-393

  Hein, Catherine L ^a,b   Roth, Brian M ^a,c   Ives, Anthony R ^a   Vander Zanden, M Jake ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CRAYFISH; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PEST CONTROL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TRAPPING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

ASTACOIDEA; ORCONECTES RUSTICUS; PISCES;

EID: 33645120918     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f05-229     Document Type: Article

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