Examining interpopulation variation in bluegill growth rates and size structure: Effects of harvest, maturation, and environmental variables

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 423-432

  Hoxmeier, R John H ^a,c   Aday, D Derek ^a,b   Wahl, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY; MATURATION; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERCIFORM; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREY AVAILABILITY; RESERVOIR; SIZE STRUCTURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS;

EID: 77953016048     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T08-076.1     Document Type: Article

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