A multilevel modeling approach to assessing regional and local landscape features for lake classification and assessment of fish growth rates

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 130, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 437-454

  Wagner, Tyler ^a   Bremigan, Mary T ^a   Cheruvelil, Kendra Spence ^a,b   Soranno, Patricia A ^a   Nate, Nancy A ^c   Breck, James E ^d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Lyman Briggs College   (United States)

^c WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Ecoregion; Fishgrowth; Mean length at age; Water quality; Watershed

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FISH PONDS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; HYDROGEOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

ECOREGION; FISH GROWTH RATES; LAKE CLASSIFICATION; LAKE MORPHOMETRY; LANDSCAPE FEATURES; MULTILEVEL MODELING;

LAKES;

BODY SIZE; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL ZONATION; ECOREGION; FISH; GROWTH RATE; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOMETRY; POPULATION DENSITY; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DEMOGRAPHY; FISH; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH SURVEY; LAKE; LANDSCAPE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; SAMPLE SIZE; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ANIMALS; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; FRESH WATER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249882737     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9434-z     Document Type: Article

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