Use of structured expert judgment to forecast invasions by bighead and silver carp in Lake Erie

Conservation Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 187-197

  Wittmann, Marion E ^a   Cooke, Roger M ^b,c,d   Rothlisberger, John D ^e   Rutherford, Edward S ^f   Zhang, Hongyan ^g   Mason, Doran M ^f   Lodge, David M ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^e USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^f NOAA GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^h Department of Biological Sciences and Environmental Change Initiative ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Asian carp; Ecological forecasting; Invasive species; Laurentian Great Lakes; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

CYPRINIDAE; HYPOPHTHALMICHTHYS; HYPOPHTHALMICHTHYS NOBILIS; PISCES;

ANIMAL; CANADA; CARP; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; FISHERY; FORECASTING; HUMAN; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LAKE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROCEDURES; RECREATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CARPS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FISHERIES; FISHES; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LAKES; ONTARIO; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECREATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84921433645     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12369     Document Type: Article

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