Age-structured assessment of walleyes, saugers, and naturally produced hybrids in three Missouri River reservoirs

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 887-897

  Graeb, Brian D S ^a   Willis, David W ^a   Billington, Neil ^b   Koigi, Rachael N ^b   Vandehey, Justin A ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TROY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; FISHERY MODELING; HYBRID; HYBRIDIZATION; PERCIFORM; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

MISSOURI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

SANDER CANADENSIS; SANDER VITREUS; STIZOSTEDION CANADENSE; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM;

EID: 79954574739     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M09-091.1     Document Type: Article

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