Decline of yellow perch in southwestern Lake Michigan, 1987-1997

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 952-966

  Marsden, J Ellen ^a,b   Robillard, Steven R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c IL Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; FISHERY REGULATION; PERCID; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATION;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA;

ALOSA; ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS; DREISSENA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; PERCA FLAVESCENS; PERCIDAE;

EID: 4344674692     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M02-195.1     Document Type: Article

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