Morphological variation in largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides in Lake Biwa, Japan

Annales de Limnologie

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-45

  Yamamoto, Yoshimasa ^a,b   Tsukada, Hajime ^a,c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^c Environmental Optimization Laboratory Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lake Biwa; Largemouth bass; Length weight relationship; Morphology; Mouth gape

Indexed keywords

DIET; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIP; MORPHOLOGY; ONTOGENY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SALMONID;

BIWA LAKE; HONSHU; JAPAN; KINKI; SHIGA;

LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; MICROPTERUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES;

EID: 77950427995     PISSN: 00034088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/limn/2010002     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Colle D.E. and Shireman J.V., 1980. Coefficients of condition for largemouth bass, bluegill, and redear sunfish in hydrillainfested lakes. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc., 109, 521-531.
2. Fullerton A.H., Garvey J.E., Wright R.A. and Stein R.A., 2000. Overwinter growth and survival of largemouth bass: interactions among size, food, origin, and winter severity. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc., 129, 1-12.
3. Guy C.S. and Willis D.W., 1995. Population characteristics of black crappies in South Dakota waters: a case for ecosystemspecific management. N. Am. J. Fish. Manage., 15, 754-765.
4. Haga H., Ohtsuka T., Matsuda M. and Ashiya M., 2006. Spatial distributions of biomass and species composition in submerged macrophytes in the southern basin of Lake Biwa in summer of 2002. Jpn. J. Limnol., 67, 69-79 [in Japanese with English summary].
5. Hamabata E. and Kobayashi Y., 2002. Present status of submerged macrophyte growth in Lake Biwa: recent recovery following a summer decline in the water level. Lake. Reserv. Res. Manage., 7, 331-338.
6. Hambright K.D., 1991. Experimental analysis of prey selection by largemouth bass: role of predator mouth width and prey body depth. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc., 120, 500-508.
7. Hayes D.B., Ferreri C.P. and Taylor W.W., 1996. Linking fish habitat to their population dynamics. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 53, 383-390.
8. He X. and Lodge D.M., 1990. Using minnow traps to estimate fish population size: the importance of spatial distribution and relative species abundance. Hydrobiologia, 190, 9-14.
9. Huskey S.H. and Turingan R.G., 2001. Variation in preyresource utilization and oral jaw gape between two populations of largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides. Env. Biol. Fish., 61, 185-194.
10. Jackson D.A., 2002. Ecological effects of Micropterus introductions: the dark side of black bass. In: Philipp D.P. and Ridgway M.S. (eds.), Black bass: ecology, conservation, and management, American Fisheries Society Symposium, Vol.31, American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, 221-232.
11. Kuwamura K., 2001. Catching and eating the fish of Lake Buwa. In: The Lale Biwa Encyclopedia Editing Committee (ed.), Do you know about this lake? 50 chapters talking about Lake Biwa, Sunrise Publishing, Shiga, 141-146 [in Japanese].
12. Lorenzoni M., Dö rr A.J.M., Erra R., Giovinazzo G., Mearelli M. and Selvi S., 2002. Growth and reproduction of largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides Lacépède, 1802) in Lake Trasimeno (Umbria, Italy). Fish. Res., 56, 89-95.
13. Ludsin S.A. and DeVries D.R., 1997. First-year recruitment of largemouth bass: the interdependency of early life stages. Ecol. Appl., 7, 1024-1038.
14. Mizuno T., Nakao H.,LBMFish Survey Group and Nakajima T., 2007. Risk analysis of habitat utilization by bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) in the Lake Biwa Basin. Jpn. J. Conserv. Ecol., 12, 1-9 [in Japanese with English summary].
15. Nakai K. and Hamabata E., 2002. Lake Biwa. In: The Ecological Society of Japan (ed.), Handbook of alien species in Japan, Chijinshokan, Tokyo, 265-268 [in Japanese].
16. Olson M.H., 1996. Ontogenetic niche shifts in largemouth bass: variability and consequences for first-year growth. Ecology, 77, 179-190.
17. Olson M.H., Mittelbach G.G. and Osenberg C.W., 1995. Competition between predator and prey: resource-based mechanisms and implications for stage-structured dynamics. Ecology, 76, 1758-1771.
18. Santos M.N., Gaspar M.B., Vasconcelos P. and Monteiro C.C., 2002. Weight-length relationships for 50 selected fish species of the Algarve coast (south Portugal). Fish. Res., 59, 289-295.
19. Savino J.F. and Stein R.A., 1982. Predator-prey interaction between largemouth bass and bluegills as influenced by simulated, submerged vegetation. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc., 111, 255-266.
20. Takamura K., 2007. Performance as a fish predator of largemouth bass [Micropterus salmoides (Lacepède)] invading Japanese freshwaters: a review. Ecol. Res., 22, 940-946.
21. Yoshizawa K., 1992. Maturation of largemouth bass. In: National Federation of Inlandwater Fisheries Cooperatives (ed.), The review of exotic largemouth bass and bluegill, Fisheries Agency, Tokyo, 55-62 [in Japanese].
22. Webb P.W., 1986. Effect of body form and response threshold on the vulnerability of four species of teleost prey attacked by largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides). Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 43, 763-771.
23. Wiley M.J., Gorden R.W., Waite S.W. and Powless T., 1984. The relationship between aquatic macrophytes and sport fish production in Illinois ponds: a simple model. N. Am. J. Fish. Manage., 4, 111-119.