The landlocked Alewife's value as a forage fish in Echo Lake, Mt. Desert Island, Maine
Speirs GD. 1972. The landlocked Alewife's value as a forage fish in Echo Lake, Mt. Desert Island, Maine. University of Maine
WATER QUALITY: Gives dissolved oxygen and temperature graphs of Echo Lake. FISH: Notes growth and abundance of alewives in Echo Lake and food habits of salmon, trout, and eels. Abundance of eels was roughly 335 in 1970. Concluded that alewives were important in the salmon diet. Lists other fish found in Echo Lake. INVERTEBRATES: Notes that the isopod Asellus racovitzae racovitzae was found in Echo Lake. Nothing else identified to species /STUDY LOCATIONS:/ /MOUNT DESERT ISLAND/Echo Lake
- Type
- Academic
- Authors
- Speirs, Garrett
- Date of Issue
- 1972
- Publisher
- University of Maine
- Units
- ACAD
- Keywords
- Dissolved Oxygen (DO), Echo Lake, Fish, Food, Invertebrates, Mount Desert Island, Population Density, thesis, Water Quality, Water Temperature