Temporal trends in the numbers and characteristics of Lake Huron fish schools between 2000 and 2004

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 74-85

  Dunlop, Erin S ^a   Milne, Scott W ^b   Ridgway, Mark S ^a  

^a ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^b Milne Technologies   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alewife; Fisheries acoustics; Georgian Bay; Hydroacoustics; Lake herring; North Channel; Pelagic; Rainbow smelt; Schooling behaviour

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE HEIGHT; FISH SCHOOL; FISHERIES ACOUSTICS; GREAT LAKES; LAKE HERRING; NORTH CHANNEL; RAINBOW SMELT; TEMPORAL DYNAMICS; TEMPORAL TRENDS; TRACE LENGTH;

FISH; FISHERIES; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LAKES; MEATS; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CLUPEOID; PELAGIC FISH; SCHOOLING BEHAVIOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VOLUME;

CANADA; GEORGIAN BAY; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE HURON; NORTH CHANNEL [ONTARIO]; ONTARIO [CANADA];

ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS; CLUPEIDAE; COREGONUS ARTEDI; OSMERUS;

EID: 77549083768     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2009.12.006     Document Type: Article

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