Chemical and physical factors associated with yellow perch abundance in Great Lakes coastal wetlands: Patterns within and among wetland types

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 137-150

  Parker, Aaron D ^a,b   Cooper, Matthew J ^a,c   Ruetz III, Carl R ^a   Coulter, David P ^d,e   Uzarski, Donald G ^d  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^d CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal fringing; Drowned river mouth; Great Lakes; Perca flavescens; Wetlands; Yellow perch

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COASTAL WETLAND; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; NURSERY GROUND; PERCID; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPAWNING;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE HURON; LAKE MICHIGAN; MICHIGAN; SAGINAW BAY; UNITED STATES;

PERCA; PERCA FLAVESCENS;

EID: 84858441550     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-012-9250-x     Document Type: Article

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