Impacts of road access on lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) populations: Regional scale effects of overexploitation and the introduction of smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 212-223

  Kaufman, Scott D ^a,b   Snucins, Ed ^a,c   Gunn, John M ^a   Selinger, Wayne ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^c ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AERIAL SURVEY; ANGLING; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; EXPLOITATION; FISHING; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; NUMERICAL METHOD; OPEN WATER; PERCIFORM; SALMONID; SUSTAINABILITY;

MICROPTERUS DOLOMIEU; PERCIFORMES; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH;

EID: 65349135970     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F08-205     Document Type: Article

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