Proteomic Analysis of the Lake Trout ( Salvelinus namaycush ) Heart and Blood: the beginning of a comprehensive lake trout protein database

We examined data from 1984 to 1994 for five species of Lake Michigan salmonids to explore the relationship between total PCB concentration and percent lipid. When we compared mean species lipid and PCB values, we found a strong linear correlation. When we compared values among individuals, we found modest positive PCB:lipid associations in brown trout (Salmo trutta), chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch), and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) collected during spawning, but positive associations were not apparent among nonspawning individuals. Lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) exhibited no discernible PCB:lipid relationship. Our results are not incompatible with previous observations that contaminants are differentially partitioned into lipids within a fish, but these results do suggest that lipids are not a major factor influencing contaminant uptake.

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Classification of Sea Lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) Attack Marks on Great Lakes Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycush)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences ◽

10.1139/f80-240 ◽

1980 ◽

Vol 37 (11) ◽

pp. 1989-2006 ◽

Cited By ~ 52

Author(s):

Everett Louis King Jr.

Keyword(s):

Great Lakes ◽

Lake Trout ◽

Petromyzon Marinus ◽

Attachment Site ◽

Sea Lamprey ◽

Salvelinus Namaycush ◽

Oral Disc ◽

Field Assessment ◽

Sea Lampreys

Criteria for the classification of marks inflicted by sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) into nine categories were developed from laboratory studies in an attempt to refine the classification system used in field assessment work. These criteria were based on characteristics of the attachment site that could be identified under field conditions by unaided visual means and by touching the attachment site. Healing of these marks was somewhat variable and was influenced by the size of lamprey, duration of attachment, severity of the wound at lamprey detachment, season and water temperature, and by other less obvious factors. Even under laboratory conditions staging of some wounds was difficult, especially at low water temperatures. If these criteria are to be used effectively and with precision in the field, close examination of individual fish may be required. If the feeding and density of specific year-classes of sea lampreys are to be accurately assessed on an annual basis, close attention to the wound size (as it reflects the size of the lamprey's oral disc) and character of wounds on fish will be required as well as consideration of the season of the year in which they are observed.Key words: sea lamprey, attack marks, lake trout, Great Lakes

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Impact of Diet on Metabolism and Swimming Performance in Juvenile Lake Trout, Salvelinus namaycush

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences ◽

10.1139/f89-050 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 46 (3) ◽

pp. 384-388 ◽

Cited By ~ 26

Author(s):

F. W. H. Beamish ◽

J. C. Howlett ◽

T. E. Medland

Keyword(s):

Oxygen Consumption ◽

Swimming Speed ◽

Lake Trout ◽

Swimming Performance ◽

Salvelinus Namaycush ◽

Feeding Trial ◽

Direct Association ◽

Feeding Trials ◽

Velocity Increments ◽

Isocaloric Diets

Juvenile lake trout, Salvelinus namaycush, of similar size were fed one of three isocaloric diets, each differing in protein and lipid content. Oxygen consumption and swimming performance were measured in a recirculating water flume at intervals throughout the 70-d feeding trials (10 °C). Swimming speed was increased by stepwise velocity increments (5 cm∙s−1) and oxygen consumption was measured at each velocity between 20 and 45 cm∙s−1. Oxygen consumption for a given speed did not differ significantly throughout the feeding trial nor among the diets implying a similarity in the quality and quantity of substrate catabolized for energy. Basal metabolism (0 cm∙s−1) was also independent of diet and feeding interval. Critical swimming speed increased with dietary and carcass protein content to suggest a direct association with muscle mass and number of myofilaments.

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Land water linkages: influences of riparian deforestation on lake thermocline depth and possible consequences for cold stenotherms

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences ◽

10.1139/f97-030 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 54 (6) ◽

pp. 1299-1305 ◽

Cited By ~ 28

Author(s):

Robert France

Keyword(s):

Thermal Stratification ◽

Lake Trout ◽

Salvelinus Namaycush ◽

Thermocline Depth ◽

Experimental Lakes Area ◽

Northwestern Ontario ◽

Riparian Trees ◽

Tree Removal ◽

Riparian Tree ◽

Land Water

The purpose of the present study was to determine if riparian deforestation would expose lake surfaces to stronger winds and therefore bring about deepening of thermoclines and resulting habitat losses for cold stenotherms such as lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush). Removal of protective riparian trees through wind blowdown and two wildfires was found to triple the overwater windspeeds and produce thermocline deepening in two lakes at the Experimental Lakes Area. A survey of thermal stratification patterns in 63 northwestern Ontario lakes showed that lakes around which riparian trees had been removed a decade before through either clearcutting or by a wildfire were found to have thermocline depths over 2 m deeper per unit fetch length compared with lakes surrounded by mature forests. Riparian tree removal will therefore exacerbate hypolimnion habitat losses for cold stenotherms that have already been documented to be occurring as a result of lake acidification, eutrophication, and climate warming.

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Genetic and phenotypic variation along an ecological gradient in lake trout Salvelinus namaycush

BMC Evolutionary Biology ◽

10.1186/s12862-016-0788-8 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Shauna M. Baillie ◽

Andrew M. Muir ◽

Michael J. Hansen ◽

Charles C. Krueger ◽

Paul Bentzen

Keyword(s):

Phenotypic Variation ◽

Lake Trout ◽

Salvelinus Namaycush ◽

Ecological Gradient

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Survey of the Genetic Variation Among Eastern Lake Superior Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycush)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences ◽

10.1139/f81-222 ◽

1981 ◽

Vol 38 (12) ◽

pp. 1738-1746 ◽

Cited By ~ 24

Author(s):

Terrence R. Dehring ◽

Anne F. Brown ◽

Charles H. Daugherty ◽

Stevan R. Phelps

Keyword(s):

Genetic Variation ◽

Gel Electrophoresis ◽

Lake Trout ◽

Lake Superior ◽

Salvelinus Namaycush ◽

Starch Gel Electrophoresis ◽

Average Heterozygosity ◽

Management Implications ◽

Salmonid Species ◽

Starch Gel

Patterns of genetic variation among lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) of eastern Lake Superior were examined using starch gel electrophoresis. We used 484 individuals sampled from three areas, representing three morphological types (leans, humpers, and siscowets). Of 50 loci examined, 44 were monomorphic in all groups sampled. Genetic variation occurs at six loci AAT-1,2, MDH-3,4, ME-1, and SOD-1. The average heterozygosity found (H = 0.015) is low relative to other salmonid species. A significant amount of heterogeneity exists among the 10 lake trout samples. These differences are due to variation within as well as between morphological types. The significance and management implications of these data are discussed.Key words: genetic variation, lake trout, Salvelinus namaycush, Lake Superior

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Teratogenesis in Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycush) in an Experimentally Acidified Lake

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences ◽

10.1139/f80-282 ◽

1980 ◽

Vol 37 (12) ◽

pp. 2355-2358 ◽

Cited By ~ 22

Author(s):

L. A. Kennedy

Keyword(s):

Lake Trout ◽

Indigenous Population ◽

Dry Weight ◽

Salvelinus Namaycush ◽

Embryonic Mortality ◽

Lake Acidification ◽

Mortality And Morbidity ◽

Acid Lake ◽

Untreated Water

Embryonic mortality and morbidity were seen in an indigenous population of lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) inhabiting a lake experimentally acidified over a period of 3 yr to a mean summer epilimnion pH of 5.84. The pH of the hypolimnetic zone where trout spend the summer and undergo gametogenesis was 6.2. Although fertilization appeared to be successful, 59% of eggs incubated in the acidified lake had died or failed to gastrulate by 15 d, and 60% of the surviving embryos displayed gross anatomical malformations. Prior to hatching only 6% of the eggs contained embryos and all were anomalous. In a control lake, 92.9% of eggs contained normal embryos prior to hatching. Both the volume and dry weight of eggs of fish inhabiting the acidified lake were significantly less than eggs from the control lake. When gametogenesis and fertilization occurred in the acid lake but embryogenesis occurred in untreated water in the laboratory, there was a 50% reduction in the viability of eggs of one fish by day 31, compared to controls.Key words: lake acidification, teratogenesis, lake trout

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