Comparison of larval sea lamprey life history characteristics in a lampricide-treated tributary and untreated tributary system of Lake Champlain

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1301-1311

  Zerrenner, Adam ^a,b   Marsden, J Ellen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; GROWTH RESPONSE; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LARVA; LIFE HISTORY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; POPULATION DENSITY; TRIBUTARY;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE CHAMPLAIN; NORTH AMERICA;

PETROMYZON; PETROMYZON MARINUS; SEA LAMPREYS;

EID: 34247560694     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T05-012.1     Document Type: Article

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