Stochastic Simulation of Temperature Effects on First-Year Survival of Smallmouth Bass

Shuter, Brian J.; MacLean, James A.; Fry, F. E. J.; Regier, Henry A.

doi:10.1577/1548-8659(1980)109<1:ssoteo>2.0.co;2

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“…Lowe-McConnell (1999) describes rain seasonality as a key factor that affects the strategies of the life cycle of fish, such as movements, feeding, growth and spawning. In addition, Shuter et al (1980) report that precipitation and temperature promote alterations in species abundance and richness over a large spatial scale, and Grossman et al (1985) call attention to fact that these factors are also important over a small spatial scale as well, such as for small creeks such as those in this study. Rains or floods from distant upper parts of a drainage basin lead to increased water velocity and more volume, loads of silt, organic and inorganic materials which will accumulate in the soil for the next dry period.…”

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Fish assemblage structure in tributaries of the Meia Ponte River, Goiás, Brazil

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This study was conducted in the Meia Ponte River basin, which is located in the Cerrado biome. The objective was to describe the structure of fish assemblages and to evaluate the results with the regard to the position of the tributaries (sampling stations) along the basin. This basin drains 35 municipalities of Goiás State. Springs of the Meia Ponte are located in the district of Itauçu (GO), in the Serra dos Brandões. Two sampling were conducted, one in the rainy season (March/2001) and another in the dry season (August/2001). Thirty sampling sites in tributaries and one in the channel of the Meia Ponte River, in its upper course, were selected to capture fish with dipnets (3 mm mesh) during one hour, along 100-m stretch. Sampling periods (season; rainy and dry) and the categorization according to the distance of the sampling station from the mouth of the Meia Ponte River (position; upper, intermediate and lower) were used to evaluate differences in fish assemblage structure, summarized by a detrended correspondence analysis (DCA), applied on the abundance data matrix, squared root transformed, to eliminate the effect of abundant species. The first two axes were retained for interpretation (eigenvalues = 0.35 and 0.24, for axis 1 and 2, respectively). The two-way ANOVA (factors seasons and positions) identified significant differences (p <0.05) in score averages for axis 1 and 2, for both factors. These results suggest significant differences in fish assemblage structure in the Meia Ponte River basin for the seasons (rainy and dry) and positions (upper, intermediate and lower) studied, in spite of the short spatial scale. These findings demonstrate a great ichthyofauna heterogeneity in the uppermost part of the Paraná River.Este estudo foi realizado na bacia do rio Meia Ponte, a qual está localizada no bioma cerrado. O objetivo foi descrever a estrutura da assembléia de peixes, relacionando os resultados com a distribuição longitudinal dos afluentes ao longo da bacia do rio Meia Ponte. Essa bacia hidrográfica drena 35 municípios Goianos, sendo suas nascentes localizadas no município de Itauçú (GO), na Serra dos Brandões. Foram realizadas duas coletas, uma no mês de março/2001 (chuva) e a outra em agosto/ 2001 (seca). Trinta afluentes e um ponto na calha do rio Meio Ponte, na sua porção mais superior, foram selecionados para a captura dos peixes, com uso de peneiras (3 mm) durante uma hora, em uma secção de 100 m. O período de amostragem (fase; seca e chuva) e a categorização em função da distância do ponto de amostragem até sua desembocadura (posição; alto, médio e foz) foram utilizados como fatores. O protocolo utilizado para avaliar a estrutura da comunidade considerou a análise de correspondência com remoção do efeito de arco (DCA), que sumarizou a matriz de abundância, transformada em raiz quadrada, para remover o efeito de espécies muito abundantes. Os dois primeiros eixos foram retidos para interpretação, com autovalores de 0,35 e 0,24, para o eixo 1 e 2, respectivamente. A ANOVA bifatorial (fase e posiç...

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Fish assemblage structure in tributaries of the Meia Ponte River, Goiás, Brazil

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“…Can a smallmouth bass that is hatched in late August survive the winter? Using the descriptions of summer young-of-year and the criteria of Shuter et al (1980) it is plausible that summer young-of-year could survive winter, and our 2002 spring electrofishing survey of Nebish Lake confirms this.…”

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“…Our research suggests that the fish spawning in their fourth year may be fall-spawned. Shuter et al (1980) developed models for over-winter survival of young-of-year smallmouth bass. They theorized that fish hatched near the end of the spring spawning period are not able to grow and develop sufficient lipid stores before the onset of winter and therefore have poor survival.…”

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“…Another presumed ecological advantage that the larger, earlier-spawned young-ofyear smallmouth bass have is that by attaining a larger size these fish are more prepared for the rigors of over-winter survival, a period of time when little feeding occurs (Oliver et al 1979, Shuter et al 1980. Shuter et al (1 980) demonstrated through modeling and in laboratory studies that smallmouth bass survival to later year classes is contingent on growing large enough by their first fall to sustain them through the winter.…”

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“…It is also presumed that producing eggs earlier confers greater fitness to offspring because earlier-spawned individuals can attain greater size during the growing season by acquiring more food and can reduce size-dependent mortality (Oliver et al 1979, Latto 1992, Ludson and DeVries 1997. Because mortality of young-of-year smallmouth bass can exceed 95% by early fall (Frey et al 2003), increased growth of earlier-spawned young-of-year is believed to translate into increased survival.Another presumed ecological advantage that the larger, earlier-spawned young-ofyear smallmouth bass have is that by attaining a larger size these fish are more prepared for the rigors of over-winter survival, a period of time when little feeding occurs (Oliver et al 1979, Shuter et al 1980. Shuter et al (1 980) demonstrated through modeling and in laboratory studies that smallmouth bass survival to later year classes is contingent on growing large enough by their first fall to sustain them through the winter.…”

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We observed that the smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) population in Nebish Lake, Wisconsin spawned twice-once during the traditional spring period and then again in summer, well beyond the typical spawning season for north-temperate lakes. We documented this anomalous spawning behavior and compared the characteristics of smallmouth bass nests built during the two distinct spawning seasons. Smallmouth bass built 463 nests (1 10.2 n e s t s h shoreline) as water temperature was rising toward 20°C. During the summer spawning period, 24 nests (5.7 nestslkm shoreline) were constructed between 1 1 August and 29 August as water temperature was falling. Nests built in summer were significantly farther from shore, in deeper water, farther from cover, larger in diameter, and built by larger males than in the spring. INTRODUCTIONThe smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) has adapted to life in northtemperate lakes by adopting a spring spawning behavior. Rising spring water temperature triggers nest building by males, usually in shallow, gravel areas, and often associated with physical cover to increase survival on nests (Hubbs and Bailey 1938, Scott and Crossman 1973, Baylis et al. 1993). The largest males spawn first (Ridgway et al. 1991), procuring larger broods, which presumably results in better survival and fitness for offspring (Wiegmann et al. 1992). It is also presumed that producing eggs earlier confers greater fitness to offspring because earlier-spawned individuals can attain greater size during the growing season by acquiring more food and can reduce size-dependent mortality (Oliver et al. 1979, Latto 1992, Ludson and DeVries 1997. Because mortality of young-of-year smallmouth bass can exceed 95% by early fall (Frey et al. 2003), increased growth of earlier-spawned young-of-year is believed to translate into increased survival.Another presumed ecological advantage that the larger, earlier-spawned young-ofyear smallmouth bass have is that by attaining a larger size these fish are more prepared for the rigors of over-winter survival, a period of time when little feeding occurs (Oliver et al. 1979, Shuter et al. 1980. Shuter et al. (1 980) demonstrated through modeling and in laboratory studies that smallmouth bass survival to later year classes is contingent on growing large enough by their first fall to sustain them through the winter. They also used this work to explain the northern limit of smallmouth bass distribution. Lakes north of the 16.6"C mean July air temperature isotherm generally had lower over-winter survival because young-of-year were not able to acquire enough lipid stores during the short growing season. They concluded that smallmouth bass cannot become established in lakes with successive winter-induced year-class failures.It seems logical from a bioenergetics standpoint that spring-spawned fish should survive best and production of these individuals should regulate future year classes and

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Stochastic Simulation of Temperature Effects on First-Year Survival of Smallmouth Bass

Cited by 289 publications

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Fish assemblage structure in tributaries of the Meia Ponte River, Goiás, Brazil

Fish assemblage structure in tributaries of the Meia Ponte River, Goiás, Brazil

Anomalous Spawning of Smallmouth Bass in Nebish Lake, Wisconsin: Implications for Early Spawning and Over-Winter Survival

Climate change and freshwater fisheries

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