Maturation schedules of walleye populations in the Great Lakes region: Comparison of maturation indices and evaluation of sampling-induced biases

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1540-1554

  Wang, Hui Yu ^a,b   Andrew Cook, H ^c   Einhouse, Donald W ^d   Fielder, David G ^e   Kayle, Kevin A ^f   Rudstam, Lars G ^g   Höök, Tomas O ^a,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^d NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION   (United States)

^e MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^f OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^g Cornell University Biological Field Station ^*  (United States)

^h PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SANDER VITREUS; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM;

EID: 84863115205     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: 15488675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M08-156.1     Document Type: Article

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