Preliminary evaluation of a large-scale American eel conservation stocking experiment

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 619-628

  Pratt, Thomas C ^a   Threader, Ron W ^b  

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

^b ONTARIO POWER GENERATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; DEMOGRAPHY; EEL; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT TYPE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SHORELINE; SPAWNING; STOCK ASSESSMENT; VEGETATION TYPE; WATERSHED;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ONTARIO; SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER;

ANGUILLA ROSTRATA;

EID: 80052051787     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02755947.2011.609003     Document Type: Article

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