Competition potential between saugers and walleyes in nonnative sympatry

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 790-800

  Bellgraph, Brian J ^a,c   Guy, Christopher S ^a   Gardner, William M ^b   Leathe, Steven A ^b,d  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE AND PARKS   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d PPL Montana   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CRAYFISH; DIET; HABITAT USE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MIGRATION; POPULATION DECLINE; SYMPATRY;

MISSOURI RIVER; MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

SANDER CANADENSIS; SANDER VITREUS; STIZOSTEDION CANADENSE;

EID: 45249097367     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T07-102.1     Document Type: Article

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