Do increasing cormorant populations threaten sportfishes in the Great Lakes? A case study in Lake Huron

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 306-320

  Diana, James S ^a   Maruca, Susan ^a   Low, Bobbi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Mortality; Population growth; Predation; Predator control; Prey dynamics; Sportfishing

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; ESTIMATION; LAKES; NATURAL SCIENCES; NUTRITION;

MORTALITY; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATION; PREDATOR CONTROL; PREY DYNAMICS; SPORTFISHING;

BIODIVERSITY;

FISH; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATOR CONTROL; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SEABIRD;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE HURON; NORTH AMERICA;

ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS; AVES; PERCA FLAVESCENS; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX AURITUS;

EID: 33746109576     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3394/0380-1330(2006)32[306:DICPTS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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