Maturity and Fecundity of the White Perch, Morone americana, in Western Lake Erie

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1986-12

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Among white perch {Morone americana) collected from bottom trawl catches in 1984 and commercial trap net catches in 1985, all males were mature at age 2, and all females by age 3. Fecundity estimates for 50 females collected in May, 1985 ranged from 64,480 to 388,736 eggs (x ± SE=174,945±10,198).

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Author Institution: Sandusky Biological Station, Great Lakes Fishery Laboratory, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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The Ohio Journal of Science. v86, n5 (December, 1986), 205-207

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Ohio Journal of Science: Volume 86, Issue 5 (December, 1986)