Declining recruitment of Lake Whitefish to fisheries in the Laurentian Great Lakes : management considerations and research priorities / Mark P. Ebener, Erin S. Dunlop, and Andrew M. Muir.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ebener, Mark P. (Author)
Dunlop, Erin S. (Author)
Muir, Andrew M. (Andrew Michael), 1975- (Author)
Corporate Author: Great Lakes Fishery Commission (Issuing body)
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor, MI : Great Lakes Fishery Commission, [2021]
Series:Miscellaneous publication (Great Lakes Fishery Commission) ; 2021-01.
Subjects:
Fisheries > Great Lakes (North America)
Fish communities > Great Lakes (North America)
Fish populations > Estimates > Great Lakes (North America)
Fishes > Conservation > Great Lakes (North America)
Fishes > Ecology > Great Lakes (North America)
Physical Description:102 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 28 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Physical process. Geology of the Basin
  • Spawning and nursery habitat
  • Large-scale climate effects
  • Temperature
  • Ice cover
  • Water levels
  • Currents
  • Stock structure. Movements and intermixing
  • Yield
  • Biological processes. Stock and recruitement
  • Early life stages
  • Growth, condition, and energetics
  • Food web
  • Fish community effects
  • Fish health
  • Management considerations. Management of dreissenids
  • Management of other community factors
  • Harvest management
  • Stocking
  • Agency approaches
  • Research priorities. YOY and juvenile life stages
  • Reproductive habitat
  • Stock structure
  • Fish community interactions
  • Acknowledgments
  • Appendices. Appendix A
  • Appendix B
  • Appendix C
  • Literature cited.