Diet and Selection of Major Prey Species by Lake Michigan Salmonines, 1973–1982
dc.contributor.author | Jude, David J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Tesar, Frank J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Deboe, Scott F. | |
dc.contributor.author | Miller, Timothy J. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-02-05T16:39:34Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-02-05T16:39:34Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1987-09 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Jude, David J.; Tesar, Frank J.; Deboe, Scott F.; Miller, Timothy J. (1987). "Diet and Selection of Major Prey Species by Lake Michigan Salmonines, 1973–1982." Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 116(5): 677-691. | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0002-8487 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1548-8659 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/141728 | |
dc.description.abstract | To elucidate prey preferences, we quantified stomach contents of 1,231 salmonines collected from inshore (21 m or shallower) southeastern Lake Michigan during 1973–1982. Predators ate 12 species of fish. Alewife Alosa pseudoharengus made up 48–79% by weight of the diet of brown trout Salmo trutta, chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch, lake trout Salvelinus namaycush, and rainbow trout Salmo gairdneri. Alewives eaten ranged from 23 to 245 mm total length; 46% were 150–200 mm. Rainbow smelt Osmerus mordax eaten were 21–245 mm long and made up 4–11% of the salmoninesˈ prey. There were significant direct linear relationships between lengths of alewives and rainbow smelt eaten and lengths of the five predators. Alewives are currently declining in Lake Michigan. If their population collapses, there should be a shift to alternative prey species. We have seen no such shift through 1982, although more recent data of other investigators show a decline in the importance of alewife in salmonine diets. Diets of the midwater‐feeding chinook and coho salmon were heavily dominated by the pelagic alewife, whereas brown and lake trout diets were more diverse. This suggests that trout should have better survival and growth than salmon, because trout would be able to utilize the more benthic yellow perch, Perca flavescens, rainbow smelt, and, to some degree, bloater Coregonus hoyi. The latter species are becoming more abundant with the decline in alewife. Under the current salmonine stocking regime, alewives will continue to supply a lower and variable portion of the salmonine diet, and predatory pressure on alewife should lead to increases in endemic prey speciesˈ populations. | |
dc.publisher | Wiley Periodicals, Inc. | |
dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis Group | |
dc.title | Diet and Selection of Major Prey Species by Lake Michigan Salmonines, 1973–1982 | |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.rights.robots | IndexNoFollow | |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Natural Resources and Environment | |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Science | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/141728/1/tafs0677.pdf | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1577/1548-8659(1987)116<677:DASOMP>2.0.CO;2 | |
dc.identifier.source | Transactions of the American Fisheries Society | |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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