Assessing impact of exogenous features on biotic phenomena in the presence of strong spatial dependence: A lake sturgeon case study in natural stream settings

• Andrew O. Finley ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: finleya@msu.edu

  Affiliation Department of Forestry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2277-2912

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• Patrick S. Forsythe,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• James A. Crossman,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation BC Hydro, Water License Requirements, Castlegar, British Columbia, Canada

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• Edward A. Baker,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Fisheries Division, Marquette, Michigan, United States of America

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• Kim T. Scribner

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Zoology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

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