Controls on abundance and distribution of yellow perch: Predator, water quality, and density-dependent effects

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 989-1000

  Bacheler, Nathan M ^a,c   Paoli, Tammie J ^b   Schacht, Garret M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN GREEN BAY   (United States)

^b WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^c SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; PERCID; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATOR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRAWLING; WATER QUALITY;

FOX RIVER [WISCONSIN]; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; GREEN BAY; LAKE MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

PERCA; PERCA FLAVESCENS; PHALACROCORAX AURITUS;

EID: 84871297167     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00028487.2011.603979     Document Type: Article

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