Observations on the glochidia of Lampsilis radiata (Gmelin) infesting yellow perch, Perca flavescens (Mitchill) in the Bay of Quinte, Lake Ontario

1969 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 705-712 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shibru Tedla ◽  
C. H. Fernando
Keyword(s):  
Yellow Perch ◽  
White Perch ◽  
Micropterus Salmoides ◽  
Perca Flavescens ◽  
Lake Ontario ◽  
Smallmouth Bass ◽  
Lepomis Gibbosus ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Pomoxis Nigromaculatus ◽  
Rock Bass

Analysis of incidence and intensity of infestation of yellow perch, Perca flavescens (Mitchill), by the glochidia of Lampsilis radiata from weekly samples from May to September and single samples in October and November indicate that the two subspecies, Lampsilis radiata radiata and Lampsilis radiata siliquoidea, shed their glochidia in late spring and throughout the summer in the Bay of Quinte, Lake Ontario. Smaller fish are more heavily infested with these glochidia than larger ones. About 50% of the preparasitic glochidia of Lampsilis radiata siliquoidea survived for 12, 70, and 120 h at 20°, 12°, and 10 °C respectively. The parasitic period of the glochidia of L. r. siliquoidea on yellow perch under experimental conditions was 50 days at 15 °C from the May infestation. Yellow perch carried the glochidia for a longer period from an August infestation. All the glochidia recovered 50 days after infestation, both from May and August infestations, had undergone metamorphosis. There was no difference in the degrees of infestation of the different species of fish used in our experiments. Pumpkinseed, Lepomis gibbosus (Linnaeus); rock bass, Ambloplites rupestris (Rafinesque); and white perch, Roccus americanus (Gmelin) lost their infestations in a week. Presumably no metamorphosis took place under these conditions. Black crappie, Pomoxis nigromaculatus (LeSueur); largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides (Lacepede), smallmouth bass, M. dolomieui Lacepede: and yellow perch carried the infestation till they were killed 20 days later. There was no relationship between the numbers of glochidia (Lampsilis radiata) and copepods, (Ergasilus confusus Bere) on naturally infested yellow perch, nor on rock bass, smallmouth bass, and pumpkinseed which harbored Ergasilus spp. naturally and which were infested with the glochidia of L. r. siliquoidea experimentally.

Observations on the biology of Ergasilus spp. (Cyclopoidea: Copepoda) infesting North American freshwater fishes

1969 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 405-408 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shibru Tedla ◽  
C. H. Fernando
Keyword(s):  
Yellow Perch ◽  
Host Preference ◽  
Parasite Species ◽  
Perca Flavescens ◽  
Smallmouth Bass ◽  
Lepomis Gibbosus ◽  
Rock Bass ◽  
Egg Number ◽  
Ambloplites Rupestris ◽  
Immature Specimen

The gills of 118 yellow perch, Perca flavescens; 18 pumpkinseed, Lepomis gibbosus; 14 rock bass, Ambloplites rupestris; and 15 smallmouth bass, Micropterus dolomieui, were examined for Ergasilus spp. Ergasilus caeruleus was recovered for pumpkinseed and E. confusus from yellow perch. Rock bass and smallmouth bass were infested with E. centrarchidarum and one immature specimen of this species was recovered from a pumpkinseed. The host preference of each parasite species is discussed. A relationship between the egg number of copepods with more than one host and the degree of host preference is suggested.

Effect of acute and chronic temperature transition on enzymes of cardiac metabolism in white perch (Morone americana), yellow perch (Perca flavescens), and smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieui)

1991 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 258-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dawn H. Sephton ◽  
William R. Driedzic
Keyword(s):  
Yellow Perch ◽  
Citrate Synthase ◽  
White Perch ◽  
Perca Flavescens ◽  
Smallmouth Bass ◽  
Transferase Activity ◽  
Morone Americana ◽  
Coa Transferase ◽  
Micropterus Dolomieui ◽  
The Impact

White perch (Morone americana), yellow perch (Perca flavescens), and smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieui) were acclimated to 5 and 20 °C. There was an increase in ventricle mass relative to body mass in smallmouth bass only following acclimation to 5° C. Maximal in vitro activities of hexokinase, citrate synthase, carnitine acyl CoA transferase (with palmitoyl CoA, palmitoleoyl CoA, and oleoyl CoA as substrates), and total ATPase were assessed in crude heart homogenates. Tissues removed from warm-acclimated animals were tested at 20 and 5 °C; tissues removed from cold-acclimated animals were assessed at 5 °C. Acute temperature transitions were associated with decreases in the activities of hexokinase (Q10 ≈ 1.8), citrate synthase (Q10 ≈ 1.4), and ATPase (Q10 ≈ 1.7). The impact of temperature on carnitine acyl CoA transferases was generally less severe. This suggests that maximal fatty acid oxidation is conserved better than glucose oxidation during a warm to cold transition. Maximal enzyme activities were generally unaffected by the acclimation regime, with the exception of that of carnitine acyl CoA transferase in white perch heart. The substantial increase in carnitine acyl CoA transferase activity when unsaturated CoA derivatives were provided as substrate suggests an increased capacity to oxidize unsaturated fatty acids at low temperature following an acclimation period. Attempts to sustantiate this contention by offering labelled oleic acid to ventricle sheets were thwarted by a high rate of incorporation into the total lipid pool.

Epizootiology, pathology, and description of Eustrongylides tubifex (Nematoda: Dioctophymatoidea) in fish

1988 ◽  
Vol 66 (10) ◽  
pp. 2212-2222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lena N. Measures
Keyword(s):  
Yellow Perch ◽  
Perca Flavescens ◽  
Infected Fish ◽  
Lepomis Gibbosus ◽  
Fourth Stage ◽  
Intermediate Hosts ◽  
Third Stage ◽  
Rock Bass ◽  
Ambloplites Rupestris ◽  
Fish Hosts

In Guelph Lake, a man-made reservoir in Ontario, Canada, prevalence of larval Eustrongylides tubifex in pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus), rock bass (Ambloplites rupestris), and yellow perch (Perca flavescens) was 12.9% and mean intensity ranged from 1 to 1.8. Larvae were encapsulated on the mesentery of fish. Pumpkinseed and yellow perch were the important fish hosts in Guelph Lake as most larvae in these fish were alive. In contrast, 40% of larvae in rock bass were dead and calcified. Third- and fourth-stage larvae from naturally infected fish are described. Larvae in the three species of fish elicited a granulomatous inflammatory reaction. Attempts to transfer third-stage larvae from experimentally infected oligochaetes and third-stage larvae from naturally infected fish to laboratory-reared pumpkinseed were unsuccessful. Fourth-stage larvae from naturally infected fish were transferred successfully to pumpkinseed. Eutropic lakes such as Guelph Lake are particularly suitable enzootic areas because of the abundant populations of tubificid intermediate hosts and the presence of fish hosts such as pumpkinseed and perch. The advanced stage and development of larvae (to the fourth stage) in fish likely represents an adaptation for a parasite that occurs in a migratory host such as Common Mergansers (Mergus merganser), which frequent Guelph Lake for only about 1 month in spring and fall.

Branching complexity and morphological characteristics of coarse woody structure as lacustrine fish habitat

2005 ◽  
Vol 62 (9) ◽  
pp. 2110-2123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael G Newbrey ◽  
Michael A Bozek ◽  
Martin J Jennings ◽  
James E Cook
Keyword(s):  
Littoral Zone ◽  
Yellow Perch ◽  
Fish Habitat ◽  
Lepomis Macrochirus ◽  
Perca Flavescens ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Smallmouth Bass ◽  
Micropterus Dolomieu ◽  
Rock Bass ◽  
Ambloplites Rupestris

The objective of this study was to quantify the physical characteristics of coarse woody structure (CWS) as fish habitat in a north temperate lake. Sixteen species of fish were observed in submerged CWS habitat. Branching complexity, distance above the bole, area below the bole, distance to other CWS, and water depth around CWS were significantly related to abundance of schooling cyprinids (Cyprinidae), rock bass (Ambloplites rupestris), smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu), bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus), yellow perch (Perca flavescens), and walleye (Sander vitreus). Branching complexity was the most common characteristic of CWS related to richness, diversity, and total adult abundance of fish taxa, but was not correlated with the total lengths of fish found in submerged trees. Branching-complexity values ranged from 1 (simple) to 500 (moderately complex) in the littoral zone; for comparison, a living riparian conifer had a branching-complexity value of over 1000. Most CWS in the littoral zone was composed of simple trees without branching, but fish tended to inhabit CWS with branching-complexity values greater than 45. This study shows the importance of CWS with fine branching as littoral-zone fish habitat.

Seasonal Succession of Free-Swimming Perciform Larvae in Lake Opinicon, Ontario

1974 ◽  
Vol 31 (10) ◽  
pp. 1661-1665 ◽  
Author(s):  
James R. Amundrud ◽  
Daniel J. Faber ◽  
Allen Keast
Keyword(s):  
Yellow Perch ◽  
Nest Site ◽  
Perca Flavescens ◽  
Seasonal Succession ◽  
Lepomis Gibbosus ◽  
Larval Abundance ◽  
Free Swimming ◽  
Warm Up ◽  
Pomoxis Nigromaculatus ◽  
Large Numbers

Free-swimming larvae of five perciform species were collected with tow nets in large numbers in Lake Opinicon from May to August of 1969 and 1970. The species appeared in the same seasonal sequence during the 2 yr: first yellow perch (Perca flavescens) followed by logperch (Percina caprodes), black crappies (Pomoxis nigromaculatus), and pumpkinseeds and bluegills (Lepomis gibbosus and L. macrochirus). Peaks of larval abundance, and also hatching, occurred earlier in 1970, when nest-site temperatures from early May to mid-June showed faster lake warm-up than in 1969.

Biological and Toxicologtcal Effects of Environmental Contaminants in Fish and Their Eggs

1983 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 306-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. J. Niimi
Keyword(s):  
Rainbow Trout ◽  
Organic Contaminants ◽  
Yellow Perch ◽  
Survival Rates ◽  
Lake Ontario ◽  
Smallmouth Bass ◽  
Salmo Gairdneri ◽  
White Bass ◽  
Morone Chrysops ◽  
Contaminant Transfer

Rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri), white sucker (Catostomus commersoni), white bass (Morone chrysops), smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieui), and yellow perch (Perca flavescens) were collected from Lakes Ontario and Erie to examine the relationship between contaminant levels in females and their eggs. Factors such as the percent lipid in the fish and percent of total lipid deposited in the eggs significantly influenced (P < 0.01) contaminant transfer. The percentages of the 9–11 organic contaminants transferred generally showed less variation within a species than the percentages for a substance transferred among the five species examined. This relationship was consistent even though there was over a 10-fold range in contaminant concentrations within a given species. Mercury did not demonstrate this response because the percentage in eggs was low for all species. The levels of PCB monitored in eggs of rainbow trout collected from Lake Ontario suggest that egg and fry survival rates could be affected based on the toxicological evidence from other studies. An examination of the possible effects of spawning on the kinetics of contaminants among these species suggests that relative body concentrations of organic contaminants may be decreased by 5% or be increased by 10%, and mercury levels may be increased by 6–22% following the deposition of eggs. The amount of change varies with species and is influenced by the percent egg weight of body weight, and the rate of contaminant transfer from females to eggs.Key words: toxicology, contaminants, reproduction, Lake Ontario, Lake Erie

The behaviour of Urocleidus adspectus Mueller, 1936 (Monogenea) on the gills of Perca flavescens

1982 ◽  
Vol 60 (12) ◽  
pp. 3237-3240 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. K. Cone ◽  
M. D. B. Burt
Keyword(s):  
Adult Worm ◽  
Water Flow ◽  
Yellow Perch ◽  
Perca Flavescens ◽  
Natural Conditions ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Interlamellar Space

This study examines the behaviour of Urocleidus adspectus on the gills of yellow perch (Perca flavescens). The adult worm is found firmly attached to the gills of the host with the haptor fitted snugly into an interlamellar space and with four large hamuli and 14 small marginal hooks impaled into the adjacent epithelium. The forebody of the worm is almost always directed downstream toward the tip of the primary lamella. The worm is a tissue feeder and the reach and flexibility of the forebody allow efficient grazing around any one site of attachment. Worms can graze farther by moving to a new site of attachment. This involves a leechlike movement in which the haptor and the head are alternately used as the organ of attachment. The movement is brief (3 s or less) and, most likely in response to the threat of dislodgment, only single relocations are made at any one time. The worm almost always comes to lie in the preferred adhesive attitude no matter what the direction of travel under natural conditions. However, under experimental conditions in which there was no water flow, the position was occasionally reversed.

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