Measures of larval lake whitefish length and abundance as early predictors of year-class strength in Lake Michigan

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 36, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 84-91

  Claramunt, Randall M ^a   Muir, Andrew M ^b,f   Sutton, Trent M ^b,g   Peeters, Paul J ^c   Ebener, Mark P ^d   Fitzsimons, John D ^e   Koops, Marten A ^e  

^a MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^d Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority   (United States)

^e FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^f School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences ^*  (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Coregonus clupeaformis; Ichthyoplankton; Lake Michigan; Lake whitefish; Recruitment; Reproduction; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

FISH; PLANKTON; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

COREGONUS CLUPEAFORMIS; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; LAKE MICHIGAN; LAKE WHITEFISH; RECRUITMENT; REPRODUCTION; ZOOPLANKTON;

LAKES;

ABUNDANCE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; EMERGENCE; GROWTH RATE; ICHTHYOPLANKTON; LARVA; POPULATION DECLINE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SALMONID; SPAWNING;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE MICHIGAN;

COREGONUS CLUPEAFORMIS;

EID: 79952419650     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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