Spawning by walleye (Sander vitreus) and white sucker (Catostomus commersoni) in the Detroit River: Implications for spawning habitat enhancement

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 490-496

  Manny, Bruce A ^a   Kennedy, Gregory W ^a   Boase, James C ^b   Allen, Jeffrey D ^a   Roseman, Edward F ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Detroit River; Spawning ground; Walleye; White sucker

Indexed keywords

DETROIT RIVER; EGG DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FISH EGGS; GREAT LAKES; HABITAT ENHANCEMENT; IN-CHANNELS; LAKE ERIE; SPAWNING GROUND; WALLEYE; WHITE SUCKER;

LAKES; RIVERS; SANDERS; SUBSTRATES;

FISH;

CYPRINID; EGG PRODUCTION; GRAVEL; LARVA; PERCIFORM; RIVER CHANNEL; SEASONALITY; SITE SELECTION; SPAWNING; SPAWNING GROUND; SUBSTRATE;

CANADA; DETROIT RIVER; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE; LAKE HURON; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; STRAIT OF BELLE ISLE;

CATOSTOMUS COMMERSONI; SANDER VITREUS; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM;

EID: 77956190831     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2010.05.008     Document Type: Article

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