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Status of Walleye in the Great Lakes: Proceedings of the 2006 Symposium Special Editors Edward Roseman U.S. Geological Survey, Great Lakes Science Center 1451 Green Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Patrick Kocovsky U.S. Geological Survey, Great Lakes Science Center Lake Erie Biological Station 6100 Columbus Avenue Sandusky, OH 44870 Christopher Vandergoot Ohio Department of Natural Resources 305 East Shoreline Drive Sandusky, OH 44870 Citation (entire volume): Roseman, E., Kocovsky, P., Vandergoot, C. [EDS]. 2010. Status of walleye in the Great Lakes: proceedings of the 2006 Symposium. Great Lakes Fish. Comm. Tech. Rep. 69. Citation (individual chapter): Schram, S.T., Seider, M.J., Furlong, P.D., and Friday, M.J. 2010. Status of walleye in Lake Superior. In Status of walleye in the Great Lakes: proceedings of the 2006 Symposium. Great Lakes Fish. Comm. Tech. Rep. 69. pp. 1-14. Great Lakes Fishery Commission 2100 Commonwealth Blvd., Suite 100 Ann Arbor, MI 48105-1563, U.S.A. Technical Report 69 March 2010 ISSN 0072-730X
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Status of Walleye in Lake Superior, Stephen T. Schram, Michael J. Seider, Patrick D. Furlong, and Michael J. Friday...1 The Status of Lake Michigan Walleye Stocks, Kevin L. Kapuscinski, Troy G. Zorn, Philip J. Schneeberger, Richard P. O Neal, and Bradley T. Eggold...15 Status of Walleye in Lake Huron, David G. Fielder, Arunas P. Liskauskas, David J. A. Gonder, Lloyd C. Mohr, and Michael V. Thomas...71 Status of Walleye in Lake St. Clair and the Detroit and St. Clair Rivers, Megan Belore, Michael Thomas, and Brian Locke...91 Status of Walleye in Western Lake Erie, 1985-2006, Christopher S. Vandergoot, H. Andrew Cook, Michael V. Thomas, Donald W. Einhouse, and Charles Murray...123 An Emerging View of the Mixed-Stock Structure of Lake Erie s Eastern-Basin Walleye Population, Donald W. Einhouse and Thomas M. MacDougall...151 The Status of Walleye in Lake Ontario, 1988-2006, James N. Bowlby, James A. Hoyle, Jana R. Lantry, and Bruce J. Morrison...165 Status and Delineation of Walleye (Sander vitreus) Genetic Stock Structure across the Great Lakes, Carol A. Stepien, Douglas J. Murphy, Rachel N. Lohner, Amanda E. Haponski, and Osvaldo J. Sepulveda-Villet...189
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