Suitability modeling of lake sturgeon habitat in five northern lake Michigan tributaries: Implications for population rehabilitation

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 245-257

  Daugherty, Daniel J ^a,b   Sutton, Trent M ^a,d   Elliott, Robert F ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^c Green Bay Fishery Resources Office   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Acipenser fulvescens; GIS; Habitat enhancement; Habitat suitability index; Population rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

GIS; HABITAT CREATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; HABITAT USE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPAWNING GROUND;

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

ACIPENSER FULVESCENS;

EID: 62349103605     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2008.00368.x     Document Type: Article

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