Environmental and ecological conditions surrounding the production of large year classes of walleye (Sander vitreus) in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 33, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 118-132

  Fielder, David G ^a   Schaeffer, Jeffery S ^b   Thomas, Michael V ^a  

^a MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alewives; Lake Huron; Recruitment; Reproductive success; Saginaw Bay; Walleye

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROWTH KINETICS; LAKES; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

LAKE HURON; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RICKER STOCK RECRUITMENT MODELS; SAGINAW BAY;

FISH;

ABUNDANCE; AGE CLASS; CLUPEOID; PERCIFORM; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WATER TEMPERATURE;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE HURON; MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; SAGINAW BAY; UNITED STATES;

ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS; SANDER VITREUS; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM;

EID: 34250748454     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3394/0380-1330(2007)33[118:EAECST]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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