Long-term changes of the Lake Michigan fish community following the reduction of exotic alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2434-2446

  Bunnell, David B ^a   Madenjian, Charles P ^a   Claramunt, Randall M ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FISH; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NATIVE SPECIES; PHOSPHORUS CYCLE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA;

ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS; COREGONUS ARTEDI; LOTA LOTA; MYOXOCEPHALUS THOMPSONII; NOTROPIS; NOTROPIS ATHERINOIDES; PERCA FLAVESCENS; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH;

EID: 33846159204     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F06-132     Document Type: Article

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