Suitable habitat model for walleye (Sander vitreus) in Lake Erie: Implications for inter-jurisdictional harvest quota allocations

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 591-601

  Pandit, Shubha N ^a   Zhao, Yingming ^a,b   Ciborowski, Jan J H ^a   Gorman, Ann Marie ^c   Knight, Carey T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^c OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat suitability model; Lake Erie; Logistic regression model; Sander vitreus; Walleye

Indexed keywords

HABITAT SUITABILITY MODEL; LAKE ERIE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODELING; SANDER VITREUS; WALLEYE;

LAKES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

COMMERCIAL SPECIES; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; GILLNET; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; HARVESTING; PERCIFORM; QUOTA SYSTEM; WATER TEMPERATURE;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE;

SANDER VITREUS; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM;

EID: 84888839321     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2013.09.011     Document Type: Article

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