Field Studies on the Oxygen Requirements of Certain Fresh‐Water Fishes

Moore, William L.

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“…These results are consistent with the finding that large fish are more resistant to low oxygen tensions than are smaller fish of the same species at winter temperatures (Moore 1942, Shepard 1955, possibly owing to the generally higher metabolic rates of smaller fishes (Doudoroff & Shumway 1970). Casselman & Harvey (1975) found, however, that northern pike (ESOX l&us) that died during partial winterkills were significantly larger than those that survived, indicating that smaller fish were more resistant to hypoxia.…”

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Surviving winter hypoxia: behavioral adaptations of fishes in a northern Wisconsin winterkill lake

Magnuson

Beckel

Mills³

et al. 1985

Environ Biol Fish

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SynopsisWinterkill lakes often have a characteristic fish community, presumably composed of species able to survive winter hypoxia. Our research on a small winterkill lake in northern Wisconsin indicates that fishes common in winterkill lakes have behavioral adaptations for tolerating or avoiding winter hypoxia. We examined the distribution of fishes within the lake during one winter (December through May), and fish migrations into and out of the lake for two consecutive years. As DO within the lake declined in late fall, adult-sized fishes of four species, brook stickleback, finescale date, redbelly date, and fathead minnow, moved to the ice-water interface where DO levels were highest. Stickleback, and to a lesser extent, fathead minnows, also moved toward the more highly oxygenated water near the inlet. During the first year, young-of-the-year fishes of blacknose shiner, Iowa darter, redbelly date, and fathead minnow, avoided hypoxic conditions by emigrating from the lake via the outlet stream in late fall and early winter while DO within the lake was still relatively high. Blacknose shiner, redbelly date, and fathead minnow returned to the lake in spring. Almost no fishes were trapped leaving the lake in the second fall-winter season. Central mudminnows neither moved to the ice-water interface nor emigrated from the lake as DO dropped. Mudminnows survive winter hypoxia by breathing oxygen-containing bubbles trapped beneath the ice. These relatively simple behavioral adaptations allow fishes to survive or avoid hypoxic conditions lethal to other species and may help explain the consistency in fish communities of winterkill lakes.

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Surviving winter hypoxia: behavioral adaptations of fishes in a northern Wisconsin winterkill lake

Magnuson

Beckel

Mills³

et al. 1985

Environ Biol Fish

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“…Yellow perch are also known to be adults, and two of the three larger-bodied species tolerant of low dissolved oxygen concentrations had few individuals > 1OOmm. The exception, (Moore 1942, Petrosky & Magnuson 1973, but brown bullhead, is known to thrive in shallow wahave been subject to large winterkills in small, ter bodies where temperature and dissolved oxshallow lakes (Tonn & Paszkowski 1986). Periodic winterkill conditions would be expected in shallow beaver ponds in eastern Ontario, and this could explain the dearth of adult perch in Lower Poole Pond.…”

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Fish community structure, spatial distribution and feeding ecology in a beaver pond

Keast

Fox

1990

Environ Biol Fish

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SynopsisThe fish community of a small (2.7 ha) Ontario beaver pond was analyzed relative to predictions based on its small size, shallow depth, brief existence and isolation from more permanent water bodies. The predictions were: (1) species richness will be lower than that of more permanent water bodies in the area, (2) fish will be mainly of small body size, (3) species will be randomly distributed across habitats, and (4) there will be a high degree of diet overlap between species and age classes. The first and second predictions were supported. The pond consisted of 10 resident species in 1985, and at least seven in 1988. Species richness was below the average of 13.2 found in four lakes in the vicinity, but greater than the 3.1 predicted by a species-area curve for non-acidified lakes in Ontario. All species except pumpkinseed, yellow perch and brown bullheads were small-bodied with short life spans and high population turnover rates, and few fish above 1OOmm were present. Predictions 3 and 4 were not supported. Habitat occupation was nonrandom, and high diet separation occurred, particularly in August when food limitation was evident. While beaver ponds lack the range of habitats and the diversity of species of lake environments, low prey density and high fish density nevertheless appear to foster resource partitioning.

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“…The critical oxygen concentration for fish was set at 3.5 mg/L in this study based on research by Moore (1942) who determined that many freshwater fish species cannot tolerate oxygen tensions below this threshold for a 24-hour period at summer temperatures (1 1-26°C). On average, 111 and IV instars remained below, and UII instars remained above daytime Do values during highly stratified sample months (Table 1).…”

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“…Another key factor proposed to govern the nature and amplitude of DVM is dissolved oxygen concentration (LaRow 1970). Besides being dark, hypoxic waters are another refuge for chaoborids from predation (Malinen 200 1, Rine and Kesler 200 1, Wissel et al 2003); while chaoborids can inhabit hypoxic waters for even weeks at a time (Cole 1994), most species of freshwater fish cannot withstand oxygen deficient conditions (Moore 1942).…”

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The Role of Light and Oxygen inChaoborus punctipennis(Insecta: Diptera) Diel Vertical Migration

Stratton

Kesler

2007

Journal of Freshwater Ecology

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Field Studies on the Oxygen Requirements of Certain Fresh‐Water Fishes

Cited by 84 publications

References 17 publications

Surviving winter hypoxia: behavioral adaptations of fishes in a northern Wisconsin winterkill lake

Surviving winter hypoxia: behavioral adaptations of fishes in a northern Wisconsin winterkill lake

Fish community structure, spatial distribution and feeding ecology in a beaver pond

The Role of Light and Oxygen inChaoborus punctipennis(Insecta: Diptera) Diel Vertical Migration

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