THE PREFERRED TEMPERATURE OF FISH AND THEIR MIDSUMMER DISTRIBUTION IN TEMPERATE LAKES AND STREAMS
THE PREFERRED TEMPERATURE OF FISH AND THEIR MIDSUMMER DISTRIBUTION IN TEMPERATE LAKES AND STREAMS
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10.1139/f58-032
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发表时间:
1958-01-01
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FERGUSON, RG
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FERGUSON, RG
Laboratory studies of preferred temperature in yellow perch (Perca flavescens) are compared with results from 21 other species. These show that temperature, if acting alone, can determine the distribution of fish in laboratory apparatus. Factors such as light, conditioned responses related to feeding routines, and social behavior can interfere with the expression of the response to temperature. Subdued lighting conditions were necessary in experiments with Oncorhynchus, Salvelinus and Coregonus, whereas full daylight was required in experiments with Perca. The preferred temperature is considerably higher than the acclimation temperature at low thermal acclimations, but this difference decreases up to the final preferendum, where both coincide. The final preferendum and the relation between acclimation and preferred temperature is characteristic for the species. The shape of the resulting curve aids in interpreting observations of fish mortalities and distribution in nature. The final preferendum of perch from the present work was 24.2[degree]C, from other work using older fish it was 21.0[degree]. Summer field observations of yellow perch in certain lakes in Ontario showed average thermal distribution of 19.7[degree], 21.0[degree] and 21.2[degree] respectively. This agrees well with 20.8[degree]observed in 4 Wisconsin lakes. Oxygen depletion reported for Tennessee reservoirs, distribution of primary prey species of lake trout in New York waters, and other factors, have been shown to modify the thermal distribution in nature. Differential sex response to temperature may be important in the perch. Field observations of thermal distributions for certain species are also presented. Laboratory and field data show good agreement in fish having colder final preferenda, while fish with warmer final preferenda showed higher temperatures in the laboratory than in the field. Young perch showed similar results, but older perch showed excellent agreement between laboratory results and field observations. The lack of agreement is attributed to age differences; laboratory experiments being performed on young fish and field observations being made on older fish.