Asynchronous Bluegill Recruitment in Four South Dakota Impoundments

Edwards, Kris R.; Phelps, Quinton E.; Graeb, Brian D. S.; Willis, David W.

doi:10.1080/02705060.2007.9664141

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“…As with previous bluegill recruitment studies (Beard 1982;Cargnelli and Gross 1996;Partridge and DeVries 1999;Santucci and Wahl 2003;Edwards et al 2007), we also identified more biotic than abiotic factors shaping recruitment patterns during the first summer of life. Both early and late-hatched larval bluegill growth was influenced to some degree by food availability and interspecific and intraspecific competition, regardless of age class examined (Krumholz 1949;Latta and Merna 1977;Partridge and DeVries 1999).…”

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“…These factors typically include prey availability, predation, and interspecific or intraspecific competition (Beard 1982;Cargnelli and Gross 1996;Partridge and DeVries 1999;Santucci and Wahl 2003). This pattern is further supported by limited bluegill spawning or recruitment synchrony across multiple systems within a localized geographic area (Edwards et al 2007;Jolley et al 2009). Biotic drivers (e.g., food availability, species assemblage) are typically more predictable and divergent compared with abiotic drivers across systems (e.g., temperature, precipitation, wind;DeBoer et al 2013).…”

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Evidence for bluegill spawning plasticity obtained by disentangling complex factors related to recruitment

Kaemingk

Stahr

JolleyJeffrey

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Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci.

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Fishes can exhibit many forms of plasticity to maximize fitness. However, limited information exists on the ability of freshwater fish to adjust spawning behavior and characteristics (e.g., timing, duration, magnitude of spawning events) to minimize mortality of recruits and ultimately maximize fitness. We wanted to test the life history hypothesis for bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) (i.e., opportunistic strategy) utilizing existing literature and results from our study to further evaluate the potential for spawning plasticity in this species. Our objective was to identify bluegill recruitment bottlenecks (i.e., periods of high mortality) and factors associated with these events in a single lake during 7 consecutive years. Bluegills exhibited shorter spawning durations and fewer spawning pulses (i.e., peaks in larval production) compared with bluegill in previous studies. Late-hatched (compared with early-hatched) bluegills consistently contributed the most to the fall juvenile population; these recruitment patterns were primarily attributed to biotic drivers. Our study suggests that bluegill could exhibit spawning plasticity and extends our current understanding of adaptations that are potentially capable of increasing fitness for a freshwater fish species under a wide range of environmental conditions and uncertainty.

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Evidence for bluegill spawning plasticity obtained by disentangling complex factors related to recruitment

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JolleyJeffrey

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Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci.

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“…Indeed, age‐0 common carp can reduce growth rates of native fishes in less productive environments where prey resources are more limited (Carey & Wahl, ). Second, year‐class strength of bluegill and yellow perch is highly variable and regulated by numerous complex processes that are difficult to predict (Edwards, Phelps, Graeb, & Willis, ; Isermann & Willis, ) that may have overridden competitive interactions with age‐0 common carp. Third, resource competition among species can lead to niche segregation (Matthews et al., ; Persson & Greenberg, ) resulting in species coexistence (Werner & Hall 1976).…”

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Evaluating potential competitive bottlenecks between invasive common carp and native bluegill and yellow perch

Weber

Brown

2017

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

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Processes influencing fish recruitment are often highly complex and inherently difficult to understand. Invasive species may complicate recruitment through habitat and food web modifications resulting in competitive bottlenecks. Common carp Cyprinus carpio have been distributed worldwide, and their introductions have resulted in destructive effects on aquatic ecosystems and food web dynamics. Common carp are highly fecund, and high densities of age-0 carp may occur in some years that may reduce invertebrate prey resources and adversely affect native age-0 fishes. We used enclosures and field observations to examine potential effects of age-0 common carp on growth and survival of age-0 yellow perch Perca flavescens and bluegill Lepomis macrochirus. Yellow perch and bluegill were stocked into enclosures with and without common carp (31 fish/m 3 ) using a substitution experimental design, and fish growth and survival and invertebrate prey resources were assessed. Common carp reduced growth of yellow perch but not bluegill and did not affect survival of either species in mesocosms. Next, we used patterns of common carp, bluegill, and yellow perch abundance and total length across 38 lake-years to evaluate potential interspecific interactions in natural systems. Age-0 common carp abundance was not negatively related to size or abundance of bluegill or yellow perch. However, adult common carp and age-0 yellow perch abundance were inversely related, suggesting a potential competitive bottleneck. Thus, age-0 common carp may suppress growth of yellow perch when prey is limited, but adult common carp may have larger effects than early life stages on native juvenile fishes. K E Y W O R D SCyprinus carpio, interspecific, intraspecific, invasive species, invertebrates

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“…The lack of repeatability in our findings among years may be indicative of the true nature of reservoirs as a habitat for bluegill. Resources and conditions within a reservoir may be dependent on prevailing weather patterns (Lienesch and Matthews, 2000; but see Edwards et al 2007), inputs from the watershed (Gido et al, 2002;Vanni et al, 2005) and presence of certain species (e.g. gizzard shad; Vanni et al, 2005).…”

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Peer Review #1 of "Applying a reservoir functional-zone paradigm to littoral bluegills: differences in length and catch frequency? (v0.2)"

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2014

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Reservoirs exhibit gradients in conditions and resources along the transition from lotic to lentic habitat that may be important to bluegill ecology. The lotic-lentic gradient can be partitioned into three functional zones: the riverine, transitional, and lacustrine zones. We measured catch frequency and length of bluegills (Lepomis macrochirus) captured along the periphery of these areas (i.e. in the littoral zone of each functional zone) for four small reservoirs in Southeastern Ohio during the summer months of three years. Catch frequency differed between zones for two reservoirs, but these differences were not observed in other years. There was no relationship between reservoir zone and either standard length or catch frequency when the data for all reservoirs were pooled, but we did observe a bimodal length distribution in all reservoirs. A combination of ecological factors including inter and intraspecific competition, predation intensity, management practices, limnology, and assemblage complexity may be mitigating bluegill distribution and abundance in reservoirs. Therefore, a functional zone (categorical) approach to understanding bluegill ecology in reservoirs may not be appropriate.

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Asynchronous Bluegill Recruitment in Four South Dakota Impoundments

Cited by 10 publications

References 10 publications

Evidence for bluegill spawning plasticity obtained by disentangling complex factors related to recruitment

Evidence for bluegill spawning plasticity obtained by disentangling complex factors related to recruitment

Evaluating potential competitive bottlenecks between invasive common carp and native bluegill and yellow perch

Peer Review #1 of "Applying a reservoir functional-zone paradigm to littoral bluegills: differences in length and catch frequency? (v0.2)"

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