Control rule performance for intermixing lake whitefish populations in the 1836 Treaty waters of the Great Lakes: A simulation-based evaluation

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 686-698

  Molton, Kyle J ^a   Brenden, Travis O ^a   Bence, James R ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Harvest control rule; Intermixing; Lake whitefish; Productivity; Stochastic simulation

Indexed keywords

CONTROL RULES; GREAT LAKES; HIGH PRODUCTIVITY; INTERMIXING; LAKE WHITEFISH; LAURENTIAN GREAT LAKES; MICHIGAN; MIXING RATES; POPULATION SIZES; STOCHASTIC SIMULATIONS;

ELECTRIC CURRENT CONTROL; FISHERIES; LAKES; POPULATION STATISTICS; PRODUCTIVITY; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

MIXING;

ABUNDANCE; AGE STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FISHERY PRODUCTION; HARVESTING; IMMIGRATION; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION SIZE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SALMONID; SPAWNING; STOCK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

CANADA; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; HURON; MICHIGAN; ONTARIO [CANADA]; UNITED STATES;

COREGONUS CLUPEAFORMIS;

EID: 84869882255     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2012.09.014     Document Type: Article

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