Response of yellow perch in Les Cheneaux Islands, Lake Huron to declining numbers of double-crested cormorants stemming from control activities

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 207-214

  Fielder, David G ^a  

^a MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Control; Cormorants; Les Cheneaux Islands; Management; Mortality rate; Population dynamics; Predation; Yellow perch

Indexed keywords

CONTROL; FISHERIES; LAKES; MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CORMORANTS; LES CHENEAUX ISLANDS; MORTALITY RATE; PREDATION; YELLOW PERCH;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

ABUNDANCE; CATCH STATISTICS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DECLINE; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE HURON; LES CHENEAUX ISLANDS; MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

PERCA; PERCA FLAVESCENS; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX AURITUS;

EID: 79952816398     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2009.12.015     Document Type: Article

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