Effects and utility of minimum length limits and mortality caps for flathead catfish in discrete reaches of a large prairie river

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 97-108

  Makinster, Andrew S ^a,b   Paukert, Craig P ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRAIRIE; RIVER WATER; SIZE STRUCTURE; STOCKING DENSITY; TELEOST;

KANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PISCES; PYLODICTIS; PYLODICTIS OLIVARIS;

EID: 42049085666     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M06-268.1     Document Type: Article

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