Evaluating creel survey efficiency for estimating walleye fishery metrics in northern Wisconsin lakes

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 707-716

  Deroba, Jonathan J ^a,c   Hansen, Michael J ^a   Nate, Nancy A ^b   Hennessy, Joseph M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

^b WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPTURE METHOD; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; PERCIFORM; SURVEYING; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN; WISCONSIN LAKE;

SANDER VITREUS; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM;

EID: 34249998442     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M06-126.1     Document Type: Article

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