Variable responses of channel catfish populations to stocking rate: Density-dependent and lake productivity effects

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 177-188

  Michaletz, Paul H ^a  

^a MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; CHLOROPHYLL A; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FINGERING; GROWTH RATE; HATCHERY; IMPOUNDMENT; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MORTALITY; POPULATION GROWTH; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SIZE STRUCTURE; STOCKING DENSITY; TELEOST;

ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS;

EID: 79954607081     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M08-047.1     Document Type: Article

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