Interactions between walleyes and smallmouth bass in a Missouri River reservoir with consideration of the influence of temperature and prey

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 445-463

  Wuellner, Melissa R ^a   Chipps, Steven R ^a   Willis, David W ^a   Adams Jr , Wells E ^b  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Missouri River Fisheries Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGLING; BIOENERGETICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIET; DIETARY OVERLAP; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PERCIFORM; PREY AVAILABILITY; VULNERABILITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

GREAT PLAINS; MISSOURI; MISSOURI RIVER; SHARPE LAKE; UNITED STATES;

AVES; DOROSOMA CEPEDIANUM; DOROSOMATINAE; MICROPTERUS DOLOMIEU; OSMERUS; OSMERUS MORDAX; PERCIFORMES; SANDER; SANDER VITREUS; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM;

EID: 79955117623     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M09-066.1     Document Type: Article

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