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Reproductive life-history strategies in lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) from the Laurentian Great Lakes

Abstract

Recent food-web changes in the Laurentian Great Lakes are affecting energy and nutrient allocation to lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) with potential downstream effects on egg condition and recruitment. We tested whether egg condition was conserved or varied with maternal condition in eight stocks from Lakes Erie, Michigan, and Superior. Egg condition was conserved across stocks based on (i) a lack of correlation between females and eggs …

Authors

Muir AM; Arts MT; Koops MA; Johnson TB; Krueger CC; Sutton TM

Journal

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Vol. 71, No. 8, pp. 1256–1269

Publisher

Canadian Science Publishing

Publication Date

August 2014

DOI

10.1139/cjfas-2013-0254

ISSN

0706-652X