Spatial and Temporal Components of Variation in Great Lake Percid Populations: Implications for Conservation and Management

FWS Agreement Number

30181-9-G026

Study Objectives

1. Determine relative magnitudes of spatial and temporal components of variation in percid relative abundance data and how these variance structures may differ among systems in the Great Lakes basin.
2. Determine whether variance structure structure
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   Learn more about structure itself is responsive to large‐scale ecological perturbations.
3. Develop recommendations for the design of monitoring programs and analysis of resulting data to support management of important percid fisheries within the Great Lakes region.