Long-term trends in the St. Marys River open water fish community

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 37, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages 70-79

  Schaeffer, Jeffrey S ^a   Fielder, David G ^b   Godby, Neal ^b   Bowen, Anjanette ^c   O'Connor, Lisa ^d   Parrish, Josh ^e   Greenwood, Susan ^f   Chong, Stephen ^f   Wright, Greg ^g  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^c U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^d GREAT LAKES LABORATORY FOR FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES   (Canada)

^e Bay Mills Indian Community   (United States)

^f ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^g Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority   (United States)

Author keywords

Cisco; Northern pike; St. Marys River; Walleye; Yellow perch

Indexed keywords

CISCO; NORTHERN PIKE; ST. MARYS RIVER; WALLEYE; YELLOW PERCH;

RIVERS; SURVEYS;

FISH;

ABUNDANCE; AGE STRUCTURE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FISH; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; OPEN WATER; POPULATION DECLINE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SIZE STRUCTURE; SURVEY; SUSTAINABILITY;

SAINT MARYS RIVER;

CENTRARCHIDAE; COREGONUS ARTEDI; ESOX LUCIUS; PERCA; PERCA FLAVESCENS; PERCIDAE; SANDER VITREUS; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM;

EID: 79957981489     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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