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Temperature tolerance of young-of-the-year cisco, Coregonus artedii
Young-of-the-year ciscoes (Coregonus artedii) acclimated to 2, 5, 10, 20 and 25 C and tested for tolerance to high and low temperatures provide the first detailed description of the thermal tolerance of coregonids in North America. The upper ultimate lethal temperature of the young ciscoes was 26 C (6 C higher than the maximum sustained temperature tolerated by adult ciscoes in nature) and the ult
Authors
Thomas A. Edsall, Peter J. Colby
The effect of temperature on the rate of development and survival of alewife eggs and larvae
Eggs from Lake Michigan alewives (Alosa pseudoharengus) were incubated at 79 different temperatures from 42.1 to 87.0 F. Hatching occurred at 44.4-84.9 F and was optimum (38% hatched) at about 64 F. Incubation time varied from 15 days at 45 F to 3.7 days at 70 F and 2.1 days at 84 F. Time from start to finish of hatching ranged from 13 days at about 46 F to 2-3 days at 68-70 F and 1-2 days at 80-8
Authors
Thomas A. Edsall
A hermaphroditic coregonine from Lake Michigan
Hermaphroditism is relatively rare among the Salmonidae (See Atz, 1964 for a comprehensive review) and has never been reported for coregonine fishes. Recent examination of a collection of coregonines at the Great Lakes Fishery Laboratory disclosed a hermaphroditic bloater(Coregonus hoyi). The fish was captured in a gill net set at 50 fathoms on the bottom of Lake Michigan approximately 7.5 miles
Authors
Thomas A. Edsall
Resource crises in Lake Erie
Despite the tremendous value of the Great Lakes, a malaise is seriously destroying their worth. Accelerated enrichment, unabated pollution, over-exploitation, and accidental and intentional introduction of exotic species, have all been guided--more often misguided--by man. Of all five Great Lakes, Lake Erie stands out as the one most seriously damaged and in the greates further jeopardy at the p
Authors
Wilbur L. Hartman
Three types of burrowing behavior of the brook stickleback, Culaea inconstans
No abstract available.
Authors
G.M. DeGraeve
Fin degeneration of young-of-the-year Alosa pseudoharengus (Clupeidae) in southern Lake Michigan
Young-of-the-year alewives, Alosa pseudoharengus, with extremely shortened caudal fins were observed at four locations in southern Lake Michigan between 1964 and 1968. Some of the fins appeared stunted or underdeveloped, but microscopic examination revealed a deterioration of the fins and not an ontogenetic abnormality. Deterioration of the caudal fin was frequently accompanied by degeneration of
Authors
Edward H. Brown, Carroll R. Norden
Trace metal characterization in aquatic environments by anodic stripping voltammetry
No abstract available.
Authors
Herbert E. Allen, W.R. Matson, K. H. Mancy
Extreme female predominance in the bloater (Coregonus hoyi) of Lake Michigan in the 1960's
The sex composition and other biological characteristics of the bloater changed substantially during recent decades of continuous ecological change in Lake Michigan. The percentages of females increased from 72% of the bloaters samples in 1928-32 to 95% in 1963, and ranged from 94 to 97% in 1964-69. The unusual predominance of females was established at an early age, unquestionably before age III.
Authors
Edward H. Brown
The ecology and management of the walleye in western Lake Erie
No abstract available.
Authors
Henry A. Regier, Vernon C. Applegate, Richard A. Ryder
The benthic macrofauna of Lake Ontario
The presence and relative abundance of bottom macrofauna in Lake Ontario are documented. Bottom samples were collected at 24 stations in September 1964. The quantity of organisms and the distribution of some species were affected by depth of water. Samples from the shallower stations (47.5 m or less) yielded an average of 41,631 organisms per mA? whereas the deeper stations (91.5 m or more) yielde
Authors
Jarl K. Hiltunen
Chemical characteristics of Lake Ontario
Records are presented of Na+, K+, Ca++, SiO2, pH, alkalinity, O2, and specific conductance at 106 stations in Lake Ontario. These data are compared for east-west and surface-subsurface variations. Water quality in Lake Ontario is similar to that in Lake Erie with the exception of dissolved oxygen. The open waters of Lake Ontario had no areas of serious oxygen depletions.
Authors
Herbert E. Allen
Comparison of thermal data from airborne and vessel surveys of Lake Erie
A study of the applications of airborne infrared equipment for detecting water masses and currents of the Great Lakes is described. Infrared scanners were used to make thermal strip maps and an infrared radiometer was used to obtain surface temperatures of the western end of Lake Erie and the lower Detroit River. Simultaneously, surface water temperatures were taken and water samples were collecte
Authors
Alfred M. Beeton, James W. Moffett, Dana C. Parker