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Dr. E.J. (Ed) Crossman’s scientific contributions on muskellunge: celebrating a lasting legacy

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The Muskellunge Symposium: A Memorial Tribute to E.J. Crossman

Part of the book series: Developments in environmental biology of fishes 26 ((DEBF,volume 26))

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Dr. E.J. (Ed) Crossman’s Published Contributions on Muskellunge

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  • Crossman EJ, Casselman JM (1996) The Cleithrum Project: an update to 1955. Muskies Canada Release J 19(1):2 pp

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  • Crossman EJ (1999) More recent information on angling stress. Pikelines No. 86, November:17–18

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  • Crossman EJ (2000) Angling stress and catch and release. Muskie, June:21–22

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  • Crossman EJ (2000) Interesting new opportunities for northeastern muskellunge. Muskie, September:30–31

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  • Crossman EJ (2001) Catch and release. Pike Muskie Mag Winter 2000–2001:9–10

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  1. Department of Biology, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7L 3N6

    John M. Casselman

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  1. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    James S. Diana

  2. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Spooner, WI, USA

    Terry L. Margenau

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Casselman, J.M. (2006). Dr. E.J. (Ed) Crossman’s scientific contributions on muskellunge: celebrating a lasting legacy. In: Diana, J.S., Margenau, T.L. (eds) The Muskellunge Symposium: A Memorial Tribute to E.J. Crossman. Developments in environmental biology of fishes 26, vol 26. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6049-6_2

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