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Estimation of the brook and sea lamprey ammocoete populations of three streams Estimation of the brook and sea lamprey ammocoete populations of three streams

Marking experiments on three streams in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan yielded quantitative estimates of populations of larval and transforming lampreys. The estimates not only gave an idea as to the numbers of ammocetes in the streams, but also confirmed the judgments of abundance based on earlier surveys with electric-shocking equipment and provided valuable information on the...
Authors
Bernard R. Smith, Alberton L. McLain

A photoelectric amplifier as a dye detector A photoelectric amplifier as a dye detector

A dye detector, based on a modified photoelectric amplifier, has been planned, built, and tested. It was designed to record automatically the time of arrival of fluorescein dye at predetermined points in a stream system. Laboratory tests and stream trials proved the instrument to be efficient. Small changes in color can be detected in turbid or clear water. The unit has been used...
Authors
Wesley J. Ebel

The relative efficiency of nylon and cotton gill nets for taking lake trout in Lake Superior The relative efficiency of nylon and cotton gill nets for taking lake trout in Lake Superior

The change from cotton to nylon twine for gill nets in 1949–52 resulted in a sharp increase in the efficiency of the most important gear used for taking lake trout in Lake Superior, and, consequently, biased estimates of fishing intensity and abundance severely.From early May to the end of September 1961, short gangs (2000 or 4000 linear feet) of cotton and nylon nets were fished in...
Authors
Richard L. Pycha

Fishery statistical districts of the Great Lakes Fishery statistical districts of the Great Lakes

No abstract available.
Authors
Stanford H. Smith, Howard J. Buettner, Ralph Hile

Factors related to commercial production of the walleye in Red Lakes, Minnesota Factors related to commercial production of the walleye in Red Lakes, Minnesota

Growth of the walleye (Stizostedion vitreum vitreum) in Red Lakes, Minnesota, over a 17-year period was slower than in other waters of the Great Lakes region and fluctuated annually from 30.7 percent above to 42.2 percent below mean growth. Individual year classes varied considerably in growth rate. Age distribution in 3 1/2-inch stretch-measure commercial nets varied extremely in 9...
Authors
Lloyd L. Smith, Richard L. Pycha
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