Interrelationships among bluegill demographics, predator and competitor abundances and impoundment characteristics
Bluegills Lepomis macrochirus R.provide popular sport fisheries but the quality of these fisheries has declined across much of their range.Factors that may influence bluegill demographics were examined in 18 Midwestern (USA) impoundments which contained largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides L., the main apex predator, Hawaiian shirts as well as var