Lake whitefish relative abundance, length-at-age, and condition in Lake Michigan as indicated by fishery-independent surveys

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 235-244

  DeBruyne, Robin L ^a,c   Galarowicz, Tracy L ^a   Claramunt, Randall M ^b   Clapp, David F ^b  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^c Department of Natural Resources and the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Fishery independent survey; Growth; Lake whitefish; Relative abundance

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FISHERIES; GROWTH (MATERIALS); POPULATION STATISTICS; SURVEYS; WEB CRAWLER;

CATCH PER UNIT EFFORTS; COMMERCIAL FISHERIES; DENSITY DEPENDENT; DENSITY-INDEPENDENT; FISHERY-INDEPENDENT SURVEY; LAKE WHITEFISH; POPULATION CHANGE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

LAKES;

CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; FISHERY SURVEY; GROWTH RESPONSE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SALMONID;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA;

COREGONUS CLUPEAFORMIS;

EID: 46849085390     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3394/0380-1330(2008)34[235:LWRALA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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