Evaluating walleye length limits in the face of population variability: Case histories from western Minnesota

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 551-568

  Isermann, Daniel A ^a  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGE STRUCTURE; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; GILLNET; GROWTH RATE; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; RECRUITMENT;

BIG STONE LAKE; LAC QUI PARLE; LAKE TRAVERSE; MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

SANDER VITREUS; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM;

EID: 34250030274     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M06-047.1     Document Type: Article

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