Growth and maturity of hatchery and wild lean lake trout during population recovery in Michigan waters of Lake Superior

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 915-923

  Sitar, Shawn P ^a   He, Ji X ^a  

^a MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGE AT MATURITY; GROWTH RATE; HATCHERY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; SALMONID; SIZE AT MATURITY; WILD POPULATION;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE SUPERIOR; NORTH AMERICA;

PETROMYZON; PETROMYZON MARINUS; PISCES; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH;

EID: 33845649418     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T05-019.1     Document Type: Article

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