Depensatory mortality, density-dependent growth, and delayed compensation: Disentangling the interplay of mortality, growth, and density during early life stages of yellow perch

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 99-110

  Irwin, Brian J ^b   Rudstam, Lars G ^a   Jackson, James R ^a   van de Valk, Anthony J ^c   Forney, John L ^a   Fitzgerald, Dean G ^d  

^a Department of Natural Resources and the Environment   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ENVIRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^d EcoMetrix Incorporated   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DATA SET; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; SIZE SELECTION; STABILIZATION;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; ONEIDA LAKE; UNITED STATES;

PERCA; PERCA FLAVESCENS;

EID: 79951577060     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T07-256.1     Document Type: Article

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