Effects of fin-clipping on the foraging behavior and growth of age-0 muskellunge

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1644-1652

  Wagner, Curtis P ^a,b,c   Einfalt, Lisa M ^a   Scimone, Adam B ^b,d   Wahl, David H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^d MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESOX MASQUINONGY; NOTEMIGONUS CRYSOLEUCAS; NOTROPIS CHRYSOLEUCAS;

EID: 84856781398     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M08-214.1     Document Type: Article

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