Philopatry and vagrancy of white bass (Morone chrysops) spawning in the Sandusky River: Evidence of metapopulation structure in western Lake Erie using otolith chemistry

2011 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 691-697 ◽  
Author(s):  
Todd A. Hayden ◽  
Jeffrey G. Miner ◽  
John R. Farver ◽  
Brian J. Fryer
Keyword(s):  
Lake Erie ◽  
Otolith Chemistry ◽  
White Bass ◽  
Morone Chrysops ◽  
Metapopulation Structure ◽  
Western Lake ◽  
Sandusky River ◽  
Western Lake Erie

Temperatures Selected Seasonally by Four Fishes from Western Lake Erie

1973 ◽  
Vol 30 (11) ◽  
pp. 1697-1703 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles A. Barans ◽  
Richard A. Tubb
Keyword(s):  
Yellow Perch ◽  
Lake Erie ◽  
Smallmouth Bass ◽  
Lake Basin ◽  
White Bass ◽  
Morone Chrysops ◽  
Ambient Temperatures ◽  
Western Lake ◽  
Four Seasons ◽  
Western Lake Erie

When four species of fish were taken from western Lake Erie in each of four seasons and held usually for less than 7 days at ambient lake temperatures, the temperatures they selected during 2–3 days in a horizontal temperature gradient differed seasonally. The differences were largely attributable to the conditions at which the fish had been acclimatized in the lake, and were modified by acclimation during 2–3 days in the gradient.The selected temperatures provided insights into the temperatures that might be selected by these species each season if the lake basin or other waters with similar seasonal ambient temperatures were subjected to thermal discharges. Temperatures selected were above ambient lake temperatures except for emerald shiners (Notropis atherinoides) in summer and fall. In general, white bass (Morone chrysops) and smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieui) selected a high range in temperatures throughout the year (18–30 C and 18–31 C, respectively), yellow perch (Perca flavescens) an intermediate range (10–29 C) and emerald shiners the lowest range (6–23 C). Three of the species were distributed within a relatively precise temperature range in the summer and within a larger range during other seasons; emerald shiners selected a narrow range during all seasons. A fairly stable temperature preference was usually reached within several hours in summer, but the temperatures selected by three species generally increased with time in the gradient during the other seasons; emerald shiners selected constant temperatures in all seasons. Temperatures selected by young and adults differed mainly in yellow perch and emerald shiners in summer and winter, when the lake temperatures fluctuated least.

Projected Changes to the Trophodynamics of PCBs in the Western Lake Erie Ecosystem Attributed to the Presence of Zebra Mussels (Dreissena polymorpha)

1998 ◽  
Vol 32 (24) ◽  
pp. 3862-3867 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather A. Morrison ◽  
Frank A. P. C. Gobas ◽  
Rodica Lazar ◽  
D. Michael Whittle ◽  
G. Douglas Haffner
Keyword(s):  
Dreissena Polymorpha ◽  
Lake Erie ◽  
Zebra Mussels ◽  
Western Lake ◽  
Projected Changes ◽  
Western Lake Erie

Environmental Factors Affecting the Strength of Walleye (Stizostedion vitreum vitreum) Year-Classes in Western Lake Erie, 1960–70

1975 ◽  
Vol 32 (10) ◽  
pp. 1733-1743 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolf-Dieter N. Busch ◽  
Russell L. Scholl ◽  
Wilbur L. Hartman
Keyword(s):  
Water Level ◽  
Lake Erie ◽  
Stizostedion Vitreum ◽  
Low Oxygen ◽  
Brood Stock ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Spawning Area ◽  
Western Lake ◽  
Class Strength ◽  
Western Lake Erie

Commercial production of walleyes (Stizostedion vitreum vitreum) from western Lake Erie declined from 5.9 million pounds in 1956 to 140,000 pounds by 1969. Since 1956, marked irregularity in year-class success has developed. Only four year-classes were considered good during 1959–70. The rate and regularity of water warming during the spring spawning and incubation periods in 1960–70 had a positive effect on the density of egg deposits and the resulting year-class strength. Rates of warming were not themselves detrimental, but rather the extended length of the incubation period in cool springs increased the exposure of eggs to such negative influences as dislodgment from the spawning reefs by strong current action generated by spring storms, or siltation and low oxygen tensions. The annual brood stock size had much less influence on year-class strength than did water temperature. Reproductive success was unrelated to fluctuations in size of suitable reef spawning area caused by changes in water level. Apparently the usable spawning area at any water level is more than adequate to serve the limited walleye brood stocks.

Freshwater mussel community response to warm water discharge in western Lake Erie

2013 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 449-454 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nick J. Bryan ◽  
Christina V. Florence ◽  
Todd D. Crail ◽  
Daryl L. Moorhead
Keyword(s):  
Lake Erie ◽  
Water Discharge ◽  
Freshwater Mussel ◽  
Community Response ◽  
Warm Water ◽  
Western Lake ◽  
Western Lake Erie

A novel method for tracking western Lake Erie Microcystis blooms, 2002–2011

2013 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas B. Bridgeman ◽  
Justin D. Chaffin ◽  
Jesse E. Filbrun
Keyword(s):  
Lake Erie ◽  
Western Lake ◽  
Microcystis Blooms ◽  
Novel Method ◽  
Western Lake Erie
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