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Article: Yellow perch (Perca flavescens) stock structure in Lake Michigan: an analysis using mark-recapture data.(Report)
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- Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
- Article date:
- September 1, 2008
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Introduction
Stock identification and discrimination are fundamental issues in fisheries management that are used for a variety of purposes, including conservation of biodiversity, recovery of endangered species, the spatial allocation of harvest among competing fisheries, recognition and protection of critical spawning habitat, and development of optimal monitoring strategies (Waples 1995; Begg et al. 1999a; Stephenson 1999). Stocks are distinguished by differences in characteristics that could represent differing adaptations to variation in local environments, including life history and population parameters, morphometrics, meristics, physiology, behavior, ...