Sex ratios of black crappies harvested during spring fisheries on two Minnesota lakes: Are males in the majority?

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 812-820

  Isermann, Daniel A ^a,b   Schultz, Douglas W ^a   Carlson, Andrew J ^a  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; DOMINANCE; ELECTROFISHING; ESTIMATION METHOD; FISHERY; FISHING MORTALITY; HARVESTING; LAKE; LIFE HISTORY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERCIFORM; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPRING (SEASON); TEMPORAL VARIATION;

MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

POMOXIS NIGROMACULATUS;

EID: 79954528795     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M09-179.1     Document Type: Article

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