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The influence of changing climate on the ecology and management of selected Laurentian Great Lakes fisheries

  1. A. J. Lynch1,*,
  2. W. W. Taylor1,
  3. K. D. Smith2

Article first published online: 11 OCT 2010

DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02759.x

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Journal of Fish Biology

Journal of Fish Biology

Special Issue: Fishes and Climate Change

Volume 77, Issue 8, pages 1764–1782, November 2010

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Lynch, A. J., Taylor, W. W. and Smith, K. D. (2010), The influence of changing climate on the ecology and management of selected Laurentian Great Lakes fisheries. Journal of Fish Biology, 77: 1764–1782. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02759.x

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  1. 1

    Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, U.S.A.

  2. 2

    Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Fisheries Division, Lansing, MI 48909, U.S.A.

* Tel.: +1 517 432 5025; fax: +1 517 432 5066; email: Lynchabi@msu.edu

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