The Ohio Journal of Science 



Vol. XX MARCH, 1920 No. 5 



DISTRIBUTION, FOOD AND FISH ASSOCIATES OF 

 YOUNG PERCH IN THE BASS ISLAND REGION 



OF LAKE ERIE. 



Clarence L. Turner. 



CONTENTS. 



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1. Introduction and Acknowledgments ■. 137 



2. Material and Methods 137 



3. Fish Fauna of the Localities Examined 139 



4. Distribution of Young Perch and Its Associates 145 



5. Diet of Perch 147 



6. Summary 151 



7. Bibliogprahy 152 



1. Introduction and Acknowledgments. 



It is the purpose of this paper to outHne part of the results 

 of work upon the young fishes taken around the shores of the 

 Bass and neighboring islands, with special reference to the hab- 

 itat, associations, diet and changes in diet in the young perch. 

 The field work was done in July, 1919, with the aid of equip- 

 ment and facilities provided by the Ohio State Fish Hatchery 

 located at Put-in-Bay and by the Lake Laboratory of the Ohio 

 State University. It is a pleasure to acknowledge the cour- 

 tesies extended to me by the staff of the hatchery and by 

 Director R. C. Osburn of the Lake Laboratory. Mr. A. C. 

 Baxter, Chief of State Fish and Game Protectors, kindly per- 

 mitted the use of a seine in taking the specimens. 



2. Materials and Methods. 



A dip net was first employed in capturing specimens but the 

 method proved too slow to be practicable and of no value 

 whatever in obtaining a representative association from a 

 locality and the use of a twenty foot seine was soon substituted. 

 Several hauls were made in each locality and care was taken to get 



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