Spatial and temporal distributions of lake whitefish spawning stocks in Northern lakes Michigan and Huron, 2003-2008

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 36, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 38-51

  Ebener, Mark P ^a   Brenden, Travis O ^b   Wright, Greg M ^c   Jones, Michael L ^b   Faisal, Mohamed ^b  

^a Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Nunns Creek Fishery Enhancement Facility   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance moved; Lake whitefish; Percent movement; Quantile regression tree; Spatial distributions; Tag recovery

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; FORESTRY; LAKES; RECOVERY;

DISTANCE MOVED; LAKE WHITEFISH; MANAGEMENT UNIT; PERCENT MOVEMENT; QUANTILE REGRESSION; REGRESSION TREES; SEASONAL DIFFERENCES; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

HARVESTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALMONID; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPAWNING; STOCK ASSESSMENT; TAGGING; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE HURON; LAKE MICHIGAN;

COREGONUS CLUPEAFORMIS;

EID: 79953733326     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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