Lake Michigan offshore ecosystem structure and food web changes from 1987 to 2008

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1072-1086

  Rogers, Mark W ^a   Bunnell, David B ^a   Madenjian, Charles P ^a   Warner, David M ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FOOD WEB; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT CYCLING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SALMONID;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE MICHIGAN;

EID: 84903315448     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: 12057533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2013-0514     Document Type: Article

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