Should cormorants be controlled to enhance yellow perch in Les Cheneaux Islands? A comment on Fielder (2008)

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 190-194

  Diana, James S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird predation; Cormorants; Culling; Fishery management; Yellow perch

Indexed keywords

FISHERIES; LAKES;

CORMORANTS; CULLING; ECOSYSTEM CHANGES; EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; HISTORICAL ANALYSIS; WEIGHT OF EVIDENCE APPROACH; YELLOW PERCH;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

ABUNDANCE; CULLING; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; PERCID; SEABIRD; SPORT FISHING;

AVES; PERCA; PHALACROCORACIDAE;

EID: 77449161653     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2009.12.012     Document Type: Note

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