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Age, growth and sex composition of the American smelt Osmerus mordax(Mitchill), of western Lake Superior Age, growth and sex composition of the American smelt Osmerus mordax(Mitchill), of western Lake Superior
This study is based on 4,561 smelt collected in Chequamegon Bay, the Apostle Islands, the Brule River, and Superior Harbor, all in western Lake Superior. Commercial production in the Great Lakes (U.S. and Canada combined) reached a peak of nearly 16 million pounds in 1960. Production in Lake Superior has generally been small but increased during the 1950's to reach 948,000 pounds in 1960...
Authors
Merryll M. Bailey
Anesthetic effect of 4-styrylpyridine on lamprey and fish Anesthetic effect of 4-styrylpyridine on lamprey and fish
The anestheticp roperty of 4-styrylpyridine (4-SP) on fish and lamprey was first noticed during chemical screening search of a selective toxicant for larval lamprey (Applegate, Howell, Hall, and Smith, 1957). To assess the possible value of the compound as an anesthetic, we later conducted the experiments reviewed in this report.
Authors
John H. Howell, Paul M. Thomas
Chemical characteristics of south-central Lake Huron Chemical characteristics of south-central Lake Huron
Water samples were collected for chemical analysis during eight cruises of the U.S. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries M/V CISCO in south-central Lake Huron in June-October 1956. Temperature, pH, conductivity, and the concentrations of Na+, K+, Ca++, C1-, SO4-, SiO2, and dissolved oxygen were determined for 233 samples from stations at the mouth of Saginaw Bay and along a transect from...
Authors
Herbert E. Allen
The taxonomic status of Leucichthys macropterus, a cisco of Lake Erie The taxonomic status of Leucichthys macropterus, a cisco of Lake Erie
No abstract available.
Authors
Stanford H. Smith
Age, growth, sex ratio, and maturity of the whitefish in central Green Bay and adjacent waters of Lake Michigan Age, growth, sex ratio, and maturity of the whitefish in central Green Bay and adjacent waters of Lake Michigan
This study is based on 1,023 whitefish, Coregonus clupeaformis (Mitchill)--819 in seven samples from five localitites in central Green Bay in 1948-49 and 1851-52 and 204 in a single 1948 collection from northwestern Lake Michigan proper. Records of age indicated unusual strength for only one year class--1943 which strongly dominated the 1948 sample from Lake Michigan and the 1949 sample...
Authors
Donald Mraz
Feeding by three species of fishes on the eggs of spawning alewives Feeding by three species of fishes on the eggs of spawning alewives
No abstract available.
Authors
Thomas A. Edsall
The spottail shiner in Lower Red Lake, Minnesota The spottail shiner in Lower Red Lake, Minnesota
On the basis of 14,564 spottail shiners (Notropis hudsonius) from Red Lakes, Minnesota, growth rates, strength of year classes, and food utilization were studied. Males and females had different body-scale relationships, and females grew faster than males. There was high correlation between water temperature and growth rate. Strength of year classes was closely related to size of...
Authors
Lloyd L. Smith, Robert H. Kramer
Bottom sediments of Saginaw Bay, Michigan Bottom sediments of Saginaw Bay, Michigan
Saginaw Bay is a southwest extension of Lake Huron on the east shore of the Southern Peninsula of Michigan. It is a shallow-water derivative of the Pleistocene Lake Saginaw. Sixty-one bottom samples were collected on a semigrid pattern and analyzed physically. Findings were treated statistically. Sediments range in size from large pebbles to clay. Medium- to fine-grained clear quartz...
Authors
Leonard E. Wood
Movements, growth, and rate of recapture of whitefish tagged in the Apostle Islands area of Lake Superior Movements, growth, and rate of recapture of whitefish tagged in the Apostle Islands area of Lake Superior
A total of 1,303 whitefish were marked with spaghetti streamer tags in Wisconsin waters off Lake Superior in November of 1959, 1960, and 1961 and June-July 1960. The fish tagged in June-July 1960 were mostly undersized (less than 17 inches long) whereas those captured on the spawning grounds and tagged in November 1959-61 were almost all legal size. Of the 374 recoveries (28.7 percent)...
Authors
William R. Dryer
Lamprey control and research in the United States Lamprey control and research in the United States
No abstract available.
Authors
Bernard R. Smith
Role of zooplankton in the freshwater strontium cycle and influence of dissolved salts Role of zooplankton in the freshwater strontium cycle and influence of dissolved salts
No abstract available.
Authors
J.S. Marshall, Alfred M. Beeton, D.C. Chandler