Cold, Northern Winters: The Importance of Temperature to Overwinter Mortality of Age-0 White Crappies
Cold, Northern Winters: The Importance of Temperature to Overwinter Mortality of Age-0 White Crappies
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寒冷的北方冬季:温度对 0 岁白鲈越冬死亡率的重要性
DOI:
10.1577/t02-118
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发表时间:
2003
影响因子:
1.4
通讯作者:
R. Stein
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作者:
A. McCollum;D. Bunnell;R. Stein
Abstract Survival during the first winter of life can influence the recruitment of many fishes. We used field sampling and laboratory experiments to explore the mechanisms underlying first winter growth and survival of white crappie Pomoxis annularis, which exhibits variable recruitment. We sampled age-0 white crappies from four Ohio reservoirs before winter to evaluate whether large individuals had a greater energy density (kJ/g) than small ones and whether mean energy density differed among reservoirs. Energy density increased with fish size in all reservoirs, suggesting that small fish could die earlier if energy stores become limiting during winter. Mean energy density varied among reservoirs as well, suggesting that prewinter energy reserves could influence recruitment variability across reservoirs through their effects on winter starvation. Our laboratory experiment evaluated how fish size (small or large), feeding level (starved or fed), and winter severity (mild or severe) interact to influence th...