Fishery and population characteristics of blue catfish and channel catfish and potential impacts of minimum length limits on the fishery in Lake Wilson, Alabama

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1183-1194

  Holley, Michael P ^a,b   Marshall, Matthew D ^a   Maceina, Michael J ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Alabama Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICTALURUS; ICTALURUS FURCATUS; ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS;

EID: 79954524484     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M08-165.1     Document Type: Article

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