Changes in the lake superior fish community during 1978-2003: Chronicling the recovery of a native Fauna

State of Lake Superior

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 493-532

  Gorman, Owen T ^a   Hoff, Michael H ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bloater; Lake herring; Lake trout; Lake whitefish; Monitoring; Population trends; Prey fish; Rainbow smelt

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955143662     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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