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Relation of Temperature and Population Density to First‐Year Recruitment and Growth of Smallmouth Bass in a Wisconsin Lake
Author(s) -
Serns Steven L.
Publication year - 1982
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(1982)111<570:rotapd>2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - micropterus , bass (fish) , fishery , biology , population density , air temperature , population , environmental science , zoology , geography , demography , meteorology , sociology
The effect of air and water temperature and biological variables on the number and first‐year growth of age‐0 smallmouth bass Micropterus dolomieui in Nebish Lake, Wisconsin, during 1974–1981 was investigated. The number of young‐of‐the‐year smallmouth bass present in fall was positively correlated with water and air temperatures during June and during the period June‐August combined. Numbers of age‐0 fish in fall were not significantly affected by number of adults or number of age‐0 smallmouth bass in the previous year(s). First‐year growth of smallmouth bass was independent of the density of the age‐0 cohort but was positively related to water and air temperatures during August.