Seasonal Changes in Growth Rates of the Blue-gill (Lepomis Macrochirus) in Felt Lake, Stanford, California |
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abscissa age group age III fish aged fish annulus formation period April May June arrows where data Average fork-lengths bluegills in Felt bluegills of different brown bullhead Centrarchidae Check marks indicate collected on October compensatory growth Cottids data are available data for fish different ages dorsal fins false annuli February March April Felt Lake bluegills Figure 11-A Figure 9-A fish age fish are indicated fish are plotted fish grew fork-lengths for aged fork-lengths for bluegills fork-lengths of fish group is plotted groupings beginning growing season growth curves growth increment data impounded increments for bluegills indicated by labeled January February March Key to Figures labeled arrows large numbers largemouth bass Length-frequency histogram Lepomis mark growth data marked at intervals marking fish number of fish ordinate pelvic fin Petersen disk tags Reelfoot Lake Samples for Figure scale method Spawned spring of 1955 three-year old bluegills water temperatures Wohlschlag year-classes yearling