Publications
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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
Feeding by three species of fishes on the eggs of spawning alewives
No abstract available.
Authors
Thomas A. Edsall
Life history of lake herring in Lake Superior
The average annual commercial catch of lake herring (Coregonus artedi) in U.S. waters of Lake Superior was nearly 12 million pounds in 1929-61. This production contributed 62.4 percent of the total U.S. take of lake herring for the Great Lakes. About 90 percent of the annual catch is taken from small-mesh gill nets during the November-December spawning season.
The life-history studies were based
Authors
William R. Dryer, Joseph Beil
Role of zooplankton in the freshwater strontium cycle and influence of dissolved salts
Abstract has not been submitted
Authors
J.S. Marshall, Alfred M. Beeton, D.C. Chandler
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. All O
Authors
Merryll M. Bailey
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), nearly all
Authors
William R. Dryer
Parasites of freshwater fishes IV, Miscellaneous, The anchor worm (Lernaea cyprinacea) and related species
No abstract available.
Authors
R.E. Putz, J.T. Bowen