Estimates of fishing and natural mortality rates for four lake whitefish stocks in Northern Lakes Huron and Michigan

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 36, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 110-120

  Ebener, Mark P ^a   Brenden, Travis O ^b   Jones, Michael L ^b  

^a Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lake whitefish; Mortality; Sea lamprey; Tag recovery models

Indexed keywords

FISHERIES; POPULATION STATISTICS; RECOVERY;

AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; BAYESIAN PRIORS; LAKE WHITEFISH; MORTALITY; MORTALITY RATE; PREDICTION EQUATIONS; RECOVERY MODEL; SEA LAMPREYS;

LAKES;

AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; ECTOPARASITE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FISHING; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MORTALITY; SALMONID; STOCK ASSESSMENT; TAGGING;

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

COREGONUS CLUPEAFORMIS; PETROMYZON; PETROMYZON MARINUS;

EID: 79953753746     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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