Temperatures Occupied by Ten Ultrasonic-Tagged Striped Bass in Freshwater Lakes
- 1 March 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
- Vol. 109 (2) , 195-202
- https://doi.org/10.1577/1548-8659(1980)109<195:tobtus>2.0.co;2
Abstract
Subadult striped bass, Morone saxatilis, tagged with temperature‐sensing ultrasonic transmitters in April‐October and monitored in freshwater lakes generally occupied waters of 20–24 C, when these temperatures were available. When they were not (spring and fall), fish occupied nearly the warmest water available at depths > 1.5 m. Excursions of less than 2 minutes duration to warmer and to cooler water than was generally occupied were common in spring and summer. A thermal niche for subadult striped bass of 20–24 C centering near 22 C, as suggested by these results, would have important implications for managing this species in fresh water.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Temperatures Selected and Avoided by Fish at Various Acclimation TemperaturesJournal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada, 1975
- Distributional Ecology and Behavioral Thermoregulation of Fishes in Relation to Heated Effluent from a Power Plant at Lake Monona, WisconsinTransactions of the American Fisheries Society, 1974