Assessing factors related to Walleye stocking success in the Midwestern United States

RP Davis, DA Isermann - North American Journal of Fisheries …, 2024‏ - academic.oup.com
Objective The objective of this study was to evaluate stocking success of Walleye Sander
vitreus in lakes and reservoirs across the Midwestern United States to inform stocking …

[HTML][HTML] Increased mercury concentrations in walleye and yellow perch in lakes invaded by zebra mussels

NS Blinick, D Link, TD Ahrenstorff, BJ Bethke… - Science of the Total …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) are invasive species that alter ecosystems and food
webs with the potential to affect aquatic mercury cycling and bioaccumulation in fishes …

Walleye and yellow perch resource use in large lakes invaded by spiny water fleas and zebra mussels

BJ Bethke, HM Rantala, TD Ahrenstorff, HAW Kelly… - Aquatic Ecology, 2023‏ - Springer
Walleye (Sander vitreus; WAE) and yellow perch (Perca flavescens; YEP; collectively
percids) are freshwater fishes threatened by multiple stressors, including aquatic invasive …

Climate warming and projected loss of thermal habitat volume in lake populations of brook trout

MS Ridgway, DA Smith, AH Bell - Canadian Journal of …, 2024‏ - cdnsciencepub.com
We applied an ensemble of climate warming models to an iconic protected landscape
(Algonquin Park, Ontario) and the seasonal temperature profile model for lakes to assess …

Visual sensitivity, foraging behavior, and success of walleye (Sander vitreus) under ecologically relevant downwelling light conditions

NO Michels, QC Smith, LS Rogers, TR Hrabik… - … Biology of Fishes, 2025‏ - Springer
Successful foraging of piscivores is often dependent upon light availability in their visual
habitat and is often influenced by a number of abiotic and biotic factors. In north-temperate …

The decline of walleye populations: an ecological tip** point?

GG Sass - FACETS, 2025‏ - facetsjournal.com
Abstract Walleye/ogaa (Sander vitreus (Mitchill))(hereafter, walleye; ogaa= Ojibwe
translation) populations have historically supported important multi-use, harvest-oriented …

Evaluating walleye (Sander vitreus) thermal and optical habitat occupancy in northern Wisconsin lakes using two forms of technology

BR Vasquez - 2024‏ - search.proquest.com
Previous research suggests that walleye (Sander vitreus) fishery production is related to
lake temperature and clarity. Based on this understanding, thermal (11–25 C) and optical (8 …

Prey Behavior to Predator Growth: The Influence of Light Intensity on Predator-Prey Interactions in North Temperate Lakes and Rivers

NO Michels - 2024‏ - search.proquest.com
Abiotic and biotic conditions interact to influence fish behavior, which can scale up
temporally to affect growth and population dynamics. My dissertation includes four unique …