Ecological tracers reveal resource convergence among prey fish species in a large lake ecosystem

2014 ◽  
Vol 59 (10) ◽  
pp. 2150-2161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gord Paterson ◽  
Scott A. Rush ◽  
Michael T. Arts ◽  
Ken G. Drouillard ◽  
Gordon Doug Haffner ◽  
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2004 ◽  
Vol 177 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 95-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irene Martins ◽  
José Costa Pereira ◽  
Jaime A. Ramos ◽  
Sven Erik Jørgensen

2016 ◽  
Vol 73 (9) ◽  
pp. 1372-1388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroyuki Kurota ◽  
Murdoch K. McAllister ◽  
Eric A. Parkinson ◽  
N.T. Johnston

Ecosystem models are thought to offer advantages over single-species models in terms of management policy analysis. This hypothesis has proven difficult to test because of underlying system complexities, coupled with short time series and minimal contrast in environmental conditions or management policies. This paper presents a Bayesian statistical catch-at-age model to compare ecosystem models and test hypotheses about the management of a recreational fishery based on a predator–prey system using a relatively simple and data-rich ecosystem in a large lake, Kootenay Lake, British Columbia, where kokanee (Oncorhynchus nerka) are the prey and piscivorous rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) are the predator. A model that explicitly incorporates the predator–prey interaction explained long-term data of field and fishery surveys much better than single-species models without any interactions. Minimally realistic multispecies models that treated predation identically but differed in their representation of the effects of prey abundance on predator mortality produced quite different results. Management reference points, for example, differed considerably between the models. Our study thus emphasizes that the choice of a management approach for this type of fishery will depend strongly on the model form and should take into consideration results from empirically based models that include species interactions.


Inland Waters ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 473-492 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph D. Conroy ◽  
Douglas D. Kane ◽  
Erin L. Quinlan ◽  
William J. Edwards ◽  
David A. Culver

2009 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 272-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dale C. Honeyfield ◽  
John D. Fitzsimons ◽  
Donald E. Tillitt ◽  
Scott B. Brown

Ecology ◽  
1984 ◽  
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pp. 1525-1534 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary K. Meffe
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2012 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dale C. Honeyfield ◽  
Marion E. Daniels ◽  
Lisa R. Brown ◽  
Michael T. Arts ◽  
Maureen G. Walsh ◽  
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2009 ◽  
Vol 30 (7) ◽  
pp. 1024-1029 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marten A. Koops ◽  
Ronald M. Dermott ◽  
Kathy E. Leisti ◽  
Ora E. Johannsson ◽  
E. Scott Millard ◽  
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