scholarly journals Use of gizzard diameter to estimate weight and length of partly‐digested Gizzard Shad in piscivore diets

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel E. Shoup ◽  
Jeff B. Tibbits ◽  
Clayton P. Porter ◽  
Richard A. Snow ◽  
Michael J. Porta
Keyword(s):  
Gizzard Shad

Maintenance of a Walleye, Stizostedion vitreum vitreum, Fishery in a Eutrophic Reservoir

1977 ◽  
Vol 34 (10) ◽  
pp. 1725-1733 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter T. Momot ◽  
Jack Erickson ◽  
Frederick Stevenson
Keyword(s):  
Temperature Regime ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Maximum Growth ◽  
Gizzard Shad ◽  
Optimum Temperature ◽  
Poor Growth ◽  
Intensive Exploitation ◽  
Spawning Stock ◽  
Preferred Temperatures ◽  
Poor Recruitment

Hoover Reservoir, a very eutrophic environment, produces a successful fishery for walleye. However the population can only be sustained by stocking due to the absence of high quality summer habitat, intensive exploitation, poor recruitment of most natural year-classes, and poor growth of adult walleye. The oxygen temperature regime brought about by eutrophication forces the adult walleye to live at an above optimum temperature regime for maximum growth during the summer months. Because of the climate and geographical location, the preferred temperatures of the desired prey, young gizzard shad, are far above that of the adult walleye. This makes the shad less accessable to predation for a large portion of the day further reducing the growth of older walleye. Poor recruitment of large natural year-classes results from the absence of gizzard shad fry which spawn much later than walleye, at the time larval walleye convert from a planktonic to a piscivorous feeding habit. Large year-classes of walleye are produced in years when fry were stocked. Stocked fry were produced in hatcheries from spawn obtained at the reservoir. Fry were stocked in the reservoir just at or in advance of shad spawning, whereas in most years naturally produced fry appeared well in advance of shad spawning. This delayed appearance of stocked walleye fry probably accounts for their successful year-class production. This walleye spawning stock had an estimated mean biomass of 13.6 kg/ha and a mean annual production of 2.2 kg/ha between 1967 and 1973. Key words: Hoover Reservoir — Ohio, Percidae, Stizostedion, management, fry stocking

Improvements in water quality following biomanipulation of gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum) in Lake Denham, Florida

2011 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 287-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walt Godwin ◽  
Michael Coveney ◽  
Edgar Lowe ◽  
Lawrence Battoe
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Gizzard Shad ◽  
Dorosoma Cepedianum

Factors related to gizzard shad and the threadfin shad occurrence and abundance in Florida lakes

2000 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 291-302 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. S. Allen ◽  
M. V. Hoyer ◽  
D. E. Canfield
Keyword(s):  
Gizzard Shad ◽  
Florida Lakes ◽  
Threadfin Shad

Reflecting materials in the eyes of three teleosts, Orthopristes chrysopterus, Dorosoma cepedianum and Anchoa mitchilli

1973 ◽  
Vol 184 (1074) ◽  
pp. 15-27 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Body Length ◽  
Pigment Epithelium ◽  
Total Body Length ◽  
Gizzard Shad ◽  
Dorosoma Cepedianum ◽  
Anchoa Mitchilli ◽  
First Report ◽  
Total Body ◽  
Bay Anchovy

The tapeta lucida of three species of teleosts were examined to determine the composition of the reflecting material. The fishes were bay anchovy Anchoa mitchilli (Engraulidae), gizzard shad Dorosoma cepedianum (Clupeidae) and pigfish Orthopristes chrysopterus (Haemulidae). The tapetum of each species was situated in the pigment epithelium of the eye. That of the pigfish contained triglycerides identified as chiefly glyceryl tridocosahexaenoate. A reduced pteridine, 7, 8-dihydroxanthopterin, occurred in the tapetum of the gizzard shad. Guanine occurred in the tapetum of the bay anchovy. The tapetum of the shad contained brightly reflecting particles about 0.5 μm in diameter There were 10.8 mg of dihydroxanthopterin in the tapetum of a shad (total body length 23 cm) and 0.46 mg of guanine in the tapetum of an anchovy (total body length 9 cm). This is the first report of a pteridine acting as a retinal reflector in vertebrates. Various aspects of retinal reflectors of teleosts are discussed and their variety and common characteristics commented upon.

SOME ALGAL STATISTICS GLEANED FROM THE GIZZARD SHAD

Science ◽  
1922 ◽  
Vol 56 (1445) ◽  
pp. 285-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. H. Tiffany
Keyword(s):  
Gizzard Shad

Digestive enzyme and gut surfactant activity of detritivorous gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum)

2000 ◽  
Vol 57 (6) ◽  
pp. 1113-1119 ◽  
Author(s):  
James C Smoot ◽  
Robert H Findlay
Keyword(s):  
Enzyme Activity ◽  
Protease Activity ◽  
Feeding Strategy ◽  
Digestive Enzyme ◽  
Artificial Substrates ◽  
Gizzard Shad ◽  
Dorosoma Cepedianum ◽  
Digestive Physiology ◽  
Protease Enzyme ◽  
Surfactant Activity

Measuring digestive enzyme and surfactant activities tested specialization of gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum) digestive physiology to a detritivorous feeding strategy. Digestive enzyme activity was measured in adult and larval gizzard shad using fluorescently labeled artificial substrates. Surfactant activity in gizzard shad was measured by comparing gut juice drop diameters over a range of dilutions. Enzyme activity in the ceca region of adult gizzard shad was high for esterase, beta-glucosidase, lipase, and protease. Enzyme activity was lower in posterior intestine sections than in anterior intestine sections, although protease activity remained high for the greatest distance in the intestine. Micelles were detected in adult gizzard shad gut juice, and surfactant activity was greatest in the ceca region. Larval gizzard shad protease activity was similar to that of adult fish, and surfactants were below their critical micelle concentration. Gizzard shad coupled digestive physiology with gut anatomy to obtain nutrients from detritus, and these adaptations may explain elevated growth rates observed in these fish when they are planktivorous.

Recommendations for Stocking Gizzard Shad in a Large Upper Midwest Reservoir

2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 599-604
Author(s):  
Mark J. Fincel ◽  
Mike J. Smith ◽  
Robert P. Hanten ◽  
William J. Radigan
Keyword(s):  
Gizzard Shad ◽  
Upper Midwest

The role of water ventilation and sediment ingestion in the uptake of benzo[A]pyrene in gizzard shad (dorosoma cepedianum)

1996 ◽  
Vol 15 (10) ◽  
pp. 1752-1759 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan S. Kolok ◽  
James N. Huckins ◽  
Jimmie D. Petty ◽  
James T. Oris
Keyword(s):  
Gizzard Shad ◽  
Dorosoma Cepedianum
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