Use of Biochronology to Examine Interactions of Freshwater Drum, Walleye and Yellow Perch in the Red Lakes of Minnesota |
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Authors: | Joseph J. Ostazeski George R. Spangler |
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Affiliation: | (1) Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, PO Box 138, Aitkin, MN, 56431, U.S.A.;(2) Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, University of Minnesota, 1980 Folwell Ave., St. Paul, MN, 55108, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | Growth histories for freshwater drum, Aplodinotus grunniens, walleye, Stizostedion vitreum, and yellow perch, Perca flavescens, were constructed using calcified structures for the period 1947 through 1996 for the Red Lakes, Minnesota. Increased walleye growth and decreased yellow perch growth were observed over the period from 1983 to 1996, which are attributed to intensive fishing resulting in decreased intraspecific competition in walleye and increased intraspecific competition in yellow perch through release from predation. Strong year-classes of yellow perch were positively correlated with walleye growth (r=0.57, p-value=0.042). There was no evidence for interactions of walleye or yellow perch with freshwater drum. Freshwater drum growth (r=0.680, p-value=0.0001) was more highly correlated with temperature than were walleye (r=0.386, p-value=0.006) and yellow perch growth (r=0.303, p-value=0.036). |
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Keywords: | Aplodinotus grunniens Stizostedion vitreum Perca flavescens growth temperature Weisberg model correlation |
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