272 Index 



Bass-bluegill-warmouth-channel catfish 

 combination, 108 



Bass-bowfin-bluegill combination, 108 



Bass-crappie-bliiebill-bullhead combina- 

 tion, 108 



Bass, largemouth, 



average number of eggs of, 92 



average number of fry in nest of, 93 



closed season for, 209 



color vision of, 213 



catch influenced by available food, 73 



competition with vvarmouths, 119 



condition of, 76, 77 



cost of fishing for, 252 



effects of drawdown on, 160 



effects of fluctuating levels on, 157 



feeding efficiency of, with minnows, 72 



fed artificially, in ponds, 259-260 



food competition with bluegills, 119 



growth in South Africa, 81 



"harvestable surplus" of, 193 



importation into South Africa, 81 



in catch-out ponds, 257, 258 



in minnow seine method, 136 



in net cropping experiment, 197 



in rice-fish rotation, 264 



in stripmine, with high sulfate, 45 



"intelligence" of, 244, 245 



interspecific predation with bluegills, 6 



length of life of, 202 



lethal temperatures for, 227 



low poundages with high bluegill 



poundages, 68, 69 

 mortality rate of, 206, 207 

 minimum useful size of, 71 

 mortality rate in Ridge L., 205 

 no overfishing of, 189 

 predation on bluegill nests, 103 

 preferred temperature of, 228 

 production of, in Ridge Lake, 75 

 rate of digestion, 72 

 resistance to angling, 74 

 resistance to capture of, 193 

 sexual maturity of, 96 

 sexual maturity, in Alabama, 96 

 sexual maturity, in Illinois, 96 

 shortage of prey for, 124 

 sluggishness in spring, 239 

 standing crop in pounds per acre, 64 

 starvation of, 123 



stocking with bluegills, 104, 105, 106 

 stocked with bowfin and bluegills, 108 

 stocked to improve fishing, 110-111 

 stocked with minnows, 108 

 stocked with red-ear sunfish, 108 

 stocked with warmouths, 108 

 stocking after marginal poisoning, 152 



sudden abundance of food for, 85 



survival of fry, 199 



survival rate of fingerlings, 114 



survival rate of adults stocked, 114-115 



with green sunfish, 63 

 Bass-minnow combination, 108 

 Bass-red-ear sunfish combination, 108 

 Bass, rock, 



average number fry per nest, 93 



in tests with CO2 variation, 49 



mortality rate of, 207 



preferred temp, of, 228 



standing crop of, in pounds per acre, 64 

 Bass, smallmouth, alone, 108 



annual turn-over of, 186 



color vision of, 214 



importation into S. Africa, 81 



inability to compete with warm-water 

 fish, 108 



length of life of, 202 



maximum yield of, 73, 74 



mortality rate of, 207 



numbers of eggs of, 92 



preferred temp, of, 228 



sluggishness in spring, 239 

 Bass, spotted, 



importation into S. Africa, 81 



preferred temp, of, 228 

 Bass, striped, 



isolated by impoundment of Santee- 

 Cooper Reservoir, 11 



introduction into Kentucky Lake, 11 

 Bass-warmouth combination, 108 

 Bass, white, 



introduction in reservoirs, 11 



length of life of, 202 



sun orientation of, 217 

 Bass, yellow, 



overfishing of, 190 

 Beckman, W. C, 152 

 Behavior, 



daily activity, 229, 231 



diurnal movements of fishes, 231 



social groupings of fishes, 229 



seasonal rhythm, 230 

 Bennett, G. W., 67 

 BHC, 148 

 Biological domination, by man of artificial 



lakes, 43 

 Biting, 



factors that influence, 238 



water temperatures, 238-239 

 Biting habits, seasonal, 194 

 Biting rate, 



dirunal effects, 241 



effect of moonlight, 243 



effects of rising and falling waters, 241 



