Acute and Final Temperature Preferenda as Predictors of Lake St. Clair Fish Catchability

Geographic distributions of major fish species resident in Lake St. Clair, field assessments of their seasonal thermal distributions, and laboratory determinations of their median and maximum final temperature preferenda were compared with their catchability at different temperatures. Fish catchability at various temperatures was estimated (regression analysis) during the fall pound net set survey (1977–88) using number of fish caught per 24-h …