A long‐term view of density‐dependent recruitment in smallmouth bass from Nebish Lake, Wisconsin

Autor: S. P. Newman, T. C. O'keefe, James F. Gillooly, J. R. Baylis
Rok vydání: 2000
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Zdroj: Journal of Fish Biology. 56:542-551
ISSN: 1095-8649
0022-1112
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2000.tb00754.x
Popis: In a closed population of smallmouth bass Micropterus dolomieui during a 9-year period in Nebish Lake, Wisconsin, total egg production in spring, the percentage of constructed nests that receive eggs, and the mean number of eggs/nest were inversely related to spawning stock biomass. Yet, there was no relationship between total egg production or spawning stock biomass and total young-of-the-year production in autumn of the same year. Together, these results suggest that density-dependent processes regulate egg production, but not young-of-the year production, in smallmouth bass.
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