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Status and trends of the Lake Huron prey fish community, 1976-2024
The U. S. Geological Survey-Great Lakes Science Center has monitored annual changes in the offshore (depth > 9m) prey fish community of Lake Huron since 1973. Monitoring of prey fish populations in Lake Huron is based on a bottom trawl survey that targets demersal species (i.e., those predominantly or intermittently associated with the lake bottom) and an acoustic-midwater trawl survey...
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Darryl W. Hondorp, Robin L. DeBruyne, Cory Brant, Peter C. Esselman, Timothy P. O'Brien
Exposure to ultraviolet radiation induces escape hatching of Cisco (Coregonus artedi) embryos
Cisco (Otoonapii in Ojibwe; Coregonus artedi Lesueur, 1818), is a widely distributed stenothermic freshwater fish whose embryos typically incubate under ice and in the dark. We used Cisco as a model organism for testing the potential of UV-induced escape hatching behaviour. Owing to reduced ice cover and increased water transparency in north temperate lakes, these experiments provide...
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Nicole Lynn Berry, David Bunnell, Erin P. Overholt, Jennifer A. Schumacher, Addison Z. Almeda, Casey W. Schoenebeck, Peter C. Jacobson, Kristopher Dey, Jason B. Smith, Andrew Tucker, Thomas J. Fisher, Elizabeth M. Mette, Bradley N. Carlson, Gretchen J.A. Hansen, Tyler D. Ahrenstorff, Derek L. Bahr, Kevin Keeler, Brian Weidel, Abigail Lynch, Craig E. Williamson
Cardiac and behavioral responses to chemical and electrical immobilization in Lake Trout
ObjectiveImmobilizing or anesthetizing fish is important for promoting fish welfare in numerous routine activities that involve handling. Electroanesthesia, an alternative to traditional chemical anesthetics, uses weak electrical current to immobilize fish while current is applied, resulting in near-immediate induction and recovery. The physiological effects of electroanesthesia appear...
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Tyler Reid Funnell, Thomas R. Binder, Christopher S. Vandergoot
Field and laboratory evaluations of visible light as a cue for guiding downstream-migrating juvenile Sea Lamprey
ObjectiveWe evaluated white light as a potential guidance cue for juvenile Sea Lamprey Petromyzon marinus in a natural setting as well as the effect of water velocity (0.25-, 0.50-, 0.75-, and 1.0-m/s test velocities) on light guidance behavior in a controlled laboratory flume, and characterized emigration timing and movement rates in a small stream (∼10 m wide and 0.7 m deep)...
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Alexander Haro, Scott M. Miehls, Nicholas S. Johnson, C. Michael Wagner
Variable phenology but consistent loss of ice cover of 1213 Minnesota lakes
Lake ice cover is declining globally with important implications for lake ecosystems. Ice loss studies often rely on small numbers of lakes with long-term data. We analyzed variation and trends in ice cover phenology from 1,213 lakes over 74 years (1949-2022) in Minnesota (USA), during which ice cover duration declined at a rate of 2 days per decade (14 days total) and became more...
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Jake R Walsh, Christopher I. Rounds, Kelsey Vitense, Holly K. Masui, Kenneth A. Blumenfeld, Peter J. Boulay, Shyam M. Thomas, Andrew Edgar Honsey, Naomi S. Blinick, Claire L. Rude, Jonah A. Bacon, Ashley A. LaRoque, Tarciso C.C. Leao, Gretchen J.A. Hansen
Management strategy evaluation to assess trade-offs associated with invasive Blue Catfish fisheries and predation impacts
ObjectiveMany species are intentionally introduced beyond their native range to provide benefits to humans (e.g., food, recreation, or biocontrol). However, introduced species can become invasive and can harm native species, prompting resource managers to explore options to simultaneously conserve native biota and enhance fishing opportunities. Management of Chesapeake Bay Blue Catfish...
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Corbin David Hilling, Yan Jiao, Joseph Schmitt, Mary C. Fabrizio, Paul L. Angermeier, Donald J. Orth
Sea Lamprey control reduction during the COVID-19 pandemic corresponds to rapid increase in Sea Lamprey abundance
The Sea Lamprey Petromyzon marinus control program in the Laurentian Great Lakes is one of the longest-running and most successful invasive species suppression programs in the world. Although several techniques are used to suppress Sea Lamprey, the control program relies heavily on regular application of lampricide to kill stream-dwelling larvae. The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted...
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Benjamin Marcy-Quay, Sean Alois Lewandoski, Ryan M. Booth, Michael Connerton, Aaron K. Jubar, Chris D. Legard, Brian O'Malley, Scott E Prindle, Alexandra W Sumner, Matthew J. Symbal, Andy Todd, Michael J. Yuille, Ted J. Treska, Michael J. Siefkes, Nicholas S. Johnson
Optimizing per vessel hour capture efficiency for rare, heterogeneously distributed fishes: Invasive grass carp Ctenopharyngodon idella in the Sandusky River
Natural resources management is often concerned with conserving rare-native or controlling rare-invasive fishes. Informing and assessing conservation and control efforts frequently requires information from captures. When little is understood about spatial and temporal fish distributions, captures can be infrequent and costly. If successful management depends on effective management...
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Robert Daniel Hunter, Song S. Qian, Jason Fischer, Ryan Brown, Lucas R. Nathan, John M. Dettmers, James Roberts, Corbin David Hilling, Matthew Ross Acre, Robert L. Mapes, Ryan Young, Christine M. Mayer
Partial diel vertical migration and niche partitioning in Mysis revealed by stable isotopes
Diel vertical migration (DVM) is critical for moving energy and nutrients between surface and deep waters. Mysis sp. (Crustacea: Mysidae) facilitates this process by serving as predator and prey in both benthic and pelagic habitats. Mysis can also exhibit partial DVM (pDVM), where some individuals do not migrate into the pelagia at night or to the benthos during the day. However, whether...
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Bianca Possamai, Rosaura J. Chapina, Daniel Yule, Jason D. Stockwell
Under the Ice: Lake Whitefish and winter conditions in a Great Lake
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Jessica Del Fiacco, Corbin David Hilling
Fisheries research and monitoring activities of the Lake Erie Biological Station, 2024
A comprehensive understanding of fish populations and their interactions is the cornerstone of modern fishery management and the basis for Lake Erie’s Fish Community Objectives (FCOs) developed in 2020 (Francis et al. 2020). The 2024 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Lake Erie Biological Station Annual Report is responsive to these FCOs and the USGS obligations via a Memorandum of...
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Mark Richard Dufour, Francesco Guzzo, Corbin David Hilling, Kevin R. Keretz, Richard T. Kraus, Richard Cole Oldham, James Roberts, Joseph Schmitt
Freshwater gastropod (Mollusca: Gastropoda) assemblages, habitat, and the first detection of an invasive gastropod species in two large, dreissenid-influenced, connecting rivers
Native freshwater gastropods are a highly diverse and imperiled group of mollusks in North America and are influenced by a growing number of problematic invasive species. Consequently, there has been an increased need for understanding aquatic gastropod assemblages throughout North America to implement conservation and management strategies. In the Laurentian Great Lakes, gastropod...
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S. Keretz, D.A. Woolnough, N.M. VanTassel, D. Powell, G. Sanfilippo, A.L. Wright, T.J. Morris, Ashley K. Elgin, Edward Roseman, David T. Zanatta