Evaluating harvest control rules for lake whitefish in the Great Lakes: Accounting for variable life-history traits

Fisheries Research

Volumn 121-122, Issue , 2012, Pages 88-103

  Deroba, Jonathan J ^a,b   Bence, James R ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Control rules; Great lakes; Lake whitefish; Management strategy evaluation; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COREGONUS CLUPEAFORMIS;

EID: 84857667861     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2012.01.015     Document Type: Article

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