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INHS Reports, February 2015: Juvenile crappie growth and survival: implications for stocking and management using blacknose crappie

Gring, Jeffrey; Diana, Matthew; Wahl, David

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Title
INHS Reports, February 2015: Juvenile crappie growth and survival: implications for stocking and management using blacknose crappie
Author(s)
  • Gring, Jeffrey
  • Diana, Matthew
  • Wahl, David
Issue Date
2015-02
Keyword(s)
  • fisheries
  • crappie
  • Pomoxis nigromaculatus
  • Pomoxis annularis
  • fish stocking
Abstract
To evaluate growth and survival differences among juvenile black, white, and blacknose crappies (hereafter referred to as different strains), we conducted pond and laboratory experiments. Growth and survival of the three strains were compared in experimental ponds using a common garden approach. Throughout the duration of the experiment (three months), abiotic and biotic variables associated with ecosystem production and fish growth were measured to correlate environmental characteristics with strain-specific growth. Although no differences in survival were detected, our results confirmed anecdotal claims, with blacknose crappie outgrowing black and white crappies in both length and weight.
Publisher
Illinois Natural History Survey
Series/Report Name or Number
INHS Reports no. 413 (02)
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
Handle URL
https://hdl.handle.net/2142/114502
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Copyright 2015 University of Illinois Board of Trustees

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