Mapping bottom substrate in Illinois waters of Lake Michigan: Linking substrate and biology

Creque, Sara M.; Stainbrook, Karen M.; Glover, David C.; Czesny, Sergiusz J.; Dettmers, John M.

doi:10.1016/j.jglr.2010.08.010

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“…Coincidently, southwestern Lake Michigan habitat is relatively favorable for age-0 yellow perch settlement (Janssen and Luebke 2004). This area affords rocky and heterogeneous substrate (Creque et al 2010), which provides relatively abundant prey resources and refuge. Thus, transport back to this region may be very important for the successful settlement and eventual recruitment of Lake Michigan yellow perch.…”

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Old Tales in Recent Context: Current Perspective on Yellow Perch Recruitment in Lake Michigan

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To evaluate factors affecting recruitment of yellow perch Perca flavescens in southwestern Lake Michigan, a Ricker stock–recruitment model was fitted to age‐0 abundance estimated from a fall bottom trawl survey (1989–2007) and spawning stock biomass estimates. Models were built for all possible combinations of four external variables: spring–summer water temperature, June nearshore zooplankton density, spring abundance of alewives Alosa pseudoharengus, and an index of wind‐induced transport of yellow perch larvae. Four relatively parsimonious models were deemed robust, and three external variables were represented (spring–summer water temperature, spring alewife abundance, and June zooplankton density). The Ricker stock–recruitment model with the lowest value of Akaike's information criterion (i.e., the best‐supported model) included spring–summer water temperature and spring alewife abundance. The basic Ricker stock–recruitment model ranked second, followed by the Ricker model that included June zooplankton density. The fourth Ricker model that was deemed robust included spring–summer water temperature. The four best models provided a good fit to age‐0 yellow perch abundance estimates based on fall seining catches along the Illinois shoreline of Lake Michigan during 1989–2007. Our findings indicate that over the last two decades, yellow perch recruitment benefited during years associated with relatively warm water, low alewife abundance, and high zooplankton density.

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Old Tales in Recent Context: Current Perspective on Yellow Perch Recruitment in Lake Michigan

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“…With the exception of Pothoven et al (2007), who collected alewife in 10 m of water on the eastern side of Lake Michigan, there is minimal information on recent feeding patterns of alewife in shallow nearshore waters where interactions with other species can be intensified owing to higher fish densities. Moreover, nearshore areas provide lifestage-specific critical habitats for fish spawning and nursery during summer (e.g., alewife, yellow perch, Perca flavescens or spottail shiner, Notropis hudsonius) (Wells & House 1974;Dufour et al 2005;Creque et al 2010). Despite alewife, yellow perch and spottail shiner dominating the nearshore community in the recent decades (Pothoven et al 2000;Janssen & Luebke 2004;Truemper et al 2006), their competitive interactions were relatively overlooked in the Great Lakes.…”

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Diet overlap of non‐native alewife with native yellow perch and spottail shiner in nearshore waters of southwestern Lake Michigan, 2000–2007

Creque

Czesny

2011

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

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Lake Michigan has experienced many ecological changes as a result of introductions of non-native species. Arguably the most significant was that of alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus), yet studies on diet overlap with native species are lacking. We analysed diet trends of alewife, spottail shiner (Notropis hudsonius) and yellow perch (Perca flavescens) collected in summer and fall 2000-2007 near Waukegan, IL, in 3-10 m depths. Mean percentage composition by dry weight for 23 prey taxa was used in multivariate analysis to test whether diet differed across species and size classes. We also tested whether zooplankton and benthic invertebrate community composition changed over time. Fish diets were similar over all years but differed seasonally. In summer, diets of large alewife were similar to both small alewife and small yellow perch, with Bosminidae, chironomid larvae and copepods as primary common prey. During fall, alewife and yellow perch size classes exhibited strong intraspecific diet overlap, while there was low diet overlap between species. Primary distinctions between species' diets in fall were higher consumption of amphipods by yellow perch and dreissenids by spottail shiners compared to alewife, which consumed higher proportions of zooplankton. Overall, high yellow perch diet overlap with alewife during summer and with their larger conspecifics during fall could lead to negative implications for yellow perch growth before the critical overwintering period. Detailed insights into diet overlap and prey availability are critical first steps in understanding competitive interactions between native and non-native fish that dominate the nearshore community in southwestern Lake Michigan.

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“…For example, in the Great Lakes, direct exposure of benthos to a fish receptor in relatively shallow-water areas (e.g., yellow perch [Perca flavescens] [Griswold and Tubb 1977;Knight et al 1984;Smith 1985], brown bullhead [Ameiurus nebulosus] [Smith 1985]) can be fairly common. Great Lakes benthivorous fish show a strong preference for and higher site fidelity to the more complex habitats in the littoral zone, such as areas of rocky substrates, bottom slope, and submerged macrophytes, all of which provide a higher diversity and abundance of benthic prey compared to areas of less complex habitat, such as soft substrates (e.g., yellow perch [Janssen and Luebke 2004;Truemper et al 2006;Duncan et al 2011;Creque et al 2010;Kovalenko et al 2018]). Based on analysis of 13 different major fish taxa in Lake Superior, Sierszen et al (2014) determined that the overall importance of benthic food web pathways to fish was highest in nearshore species, with offshore species depending more on planktonic food web pathways.…”

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Environmental evaluation and management of dredged material for beneficial use : a regional beneficial use testing manual for the Great Lakes

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The Environmental Evaluation and Management of Dredged Material for Beneficial Use: A Regional Beneficial Use Testing Manual for the Great Lakes (a.k.a. Great Lakes Beneficial Use Testing Manual) is a resource document providing technical guidance for evaluating the suitability of dredged sediment for beneficial use in aquatic and terrestrial environments in the Great Lakes region. The procedures in this manual are based on the Environmental Laboratory extensive research, working with US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Great Lakes districts, state resource agencies, and local stakeholders seeking to develop dredged material beneficial use alternatives consistent with regional needs and goals. This manual is the first guidance document developed by USACE for evaluating the environmental suitability of dredged material specifically for beneficial use placements. It provides a tiered framework for evaluating the environmental suitability of aquatic and upland beneficial uses consistent with the Inland Testing Manual and the Upland Testing Manual. This manual is intended to serve as a regional platform to increase collaborative problem-solving and endorse a common understanding of the scientific and institutional practices for evaluating dredged material for any beneficial use. Dredged sediment may be managed as a valuable resource, with great potential to create economic, environmental, and social benefits.

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Mapping bottom substrate in Illinois waters of Lake Michigan: Linking substrate and biology

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Old Tales in Recent Context: Current Perspective on Yellow Perch Recruitment in Lake Michigan

Old Tales in Recent Context: Current Perspective on Yellow Perch Recruitment in Lake Michigan

Diet overlap of non‐native alewife with native yellow perch and spottail shiner in nearshore waters of southwestern Lake Michigan, 2000–2007

Environmental evaluation and management of dredged material for beneficial use : a regional beneficial use testing manual for the Great Lakes

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