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Homing Behavior of Spawning Walleyes
Author(s) -
Olson Donald E.,
Scidmore Warren J.
Publication year - 1962
Publication title -
transactions of the american fisheries society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.696
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1548-8659
pISSN - 0002-8487
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8659(1962)91[355:hbosw]2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - homing (biology) , biology , fishery , ecology , zoology
Study of marked adult walleyes returning to a spawning site in Many Point Lake, northern Minnesota, showed evidence of homing behavior rather than a strictly random return in successive years. The homing behavior, however, was not shown by the majority of the fish, and among those which evinced homing behavior the pattern of return was irregular. Possible causes of variation in homing in different years and circumstances which could produce an apparent homing effect are discussed.