Seasonal spatial distribution of juvenile lake sturgeon in Muskegon Lake, Michigan, USA

2013 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 467-478 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew E. L. Altenritter ◽  
Alex C. Wieten ◽  
Carl R. Ruetz ◽  
Kregg M. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Lake Michigan ◽  
Lake Sturgeon

Distribution of biogenic silica in the surficial sediments of Lake Michigan

1986 ◽  
Vol 23 (9) ◽  
pp. 1442-1449 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel J. Conley ◽  
Claire L. Schelske ◽  
Brian G. Dempsey ◽  
Charles D. Campbell ◽  
Teresa L. Newberry
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Biogenic Silica ◽  
Lake Michigan ◽  
Sediment Accumulation ◽  
Sedimentation Rates ◽  
Surficial Sediments ◽  
Sediment Samples ◽  
High Productivity ◽  
Lake Bottom ◽  
High Concentrations

The spatial distribution of biogenic silica (BSi) in the surficial sediments of Lake Michigan is described from Shipek grab samples collected in 1975 and gravity cores obtained in 1983. Significantly smaller surficial BSi concentrations in the 1975 samples were attributed primarily to the inability of a Shipek grab to collect intact surficial sediment samples. Lower concentrations o.f BSi were found in nondepositional and transitional areas of sediment accumulation than in depositional basins. Therefore, BSi accumulation is restricted primarily to the 40% of the lake bottom where sediments are presently accumulating. High concentrations found in Green Bay surficial sediments are related to high productivity in the bay coupled with inputs of new silica from the Fox River. In the open lake, BSi concentrations of surficial sediments in depositional basins appeared to vary inversely with sedimentation rate in that lower BSi concentrations were found in areas with higher sedimentation rates.

scholarly journals Mapping the spatial distribution of the biomass and filter-feeding effect of invasive dreissenid mussels on the winter-spring phytoplankton bloom in Lake Michigan

2015 ◽  
Vol 60 (11) ◽  
pp. 2270-2285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark D. Rowe ◽  
Daniel R. Obenour ◽  
Thomas F. Nalepa ◽  
Henry A. Vanderploeg ◽  
Foad Yousef ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Lake Michigan ◽  
Phytoplankton Bloom ◽  
Filter Feeding ◽  
Spring Phytoplankton Bloom ◽  
Dreissenid Mussels ◽  
Feeding Effect

Summer Habitat Use by Lake Sturgeon in Manistee Lake, Michigan

2013 ◽  
Vol 142 (4) ◽  
pp. 931-941 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard A. Damstra ◽  
Tracy L. Galarowicz
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Use ◽  
Lake Michigan ◽  
Lake Sturgeon

Factors affecting temporal and spatial distribution of diatoms in Lake Michigan

2000 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 1788-1794
Author(s):  
R. P. Barbiero ◽  
H. J. Carrick ◽  
J. B. Volerman ◽  
M. L. Tuchman
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Lake Michigan ◽  
Temporal And Spatial Distribution ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Temporal And Spatial

Newspapers as sources of historical information about lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens Rafinesque, 1817)

2012 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 136-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip A. Cochran ◽  
Robert F. Elliott
Keyword(s):  
Lake Michigan ◽  
Lake Sturgeon ◽  
Spawning Season ◽  
Green Bay ◽  
Historical Information ◽  
Local Newspapers ◽  
Original Distribution ◽  
Time Period ◽  
History Of ◽  
Complete Survey

As part of an attempt to reconstruct the original distribution and relative abundance of lake sturgeon in tributaries to Lake Michigan, old newspapers were surveyed for accounts of sturgeon captured by sport and commercial fishers. The reliability of this process was assessed in several ways. A historical column in a modern newspaper (De Pere journal) proved useful for identifying the time period during which original accounts of sturgeon were first published (late 1800s–early 1900s) and the season when most historical catches occurred (the spring spawning season), but a complete survey of the original newspapers revealed many more records than resurfaced in the historical column and some significant accounts that were published outside of the spawning season. Independent surveys of De Pere newspapers by different searchers revealed that the average searcher found a majority of known records (more than 90%). The seasonal distribution of catches in the Lower Fox River as revealed by historical newspaper accounts was very similar to that based on modern sightings, and the newspaper contained several accounts of sturgeon in other parts of the drainage or other parts of Wisconsin. However, comparison with newspapers published in the neighbouring community of Green Bay revealed that the latter included few of the incidents reported in the De Pere paper, and few additional accounts appeared in the Green Bay papers that were not reported in De Pere. Although the De Pere newspaper accounts taken alone reveal a history of sturgeon exploitation in this microcosm remarkably parallel to patterns of sturgeon exploitation nationwide, our initial focus on the De Pere paper appears to have been fortuitous in that few local newspapers along the Lake Michigan shoreline would have yielded comparable amounts of historical information.

Genetically Derived Estimates of Contemporary Natural Straying Rates and Historical Gene Flow among Lake Michigan Lake Sturgeon Populations

2012 ◽  
Vol 141 (5) ◽  
pp. 1374-1388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jared J. Homola ◽  
Kim T. Scribner ◽  
Robert F. Elliott ◽  
Michael C. Donofrio ◽  
Jeannette Kanefsky ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Flow ◽  
Lake Michigan ◽  
Lake Sturgeon
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