THE ECOLOGY AND ECONOMICS OF ONEIDA LAKE FISH 



By Charlks C". At)AMS,* (.'oitaboralor. Aitiiiuii hioioi^tst 

 and 

 T. L. HANKiNSON.t Collaborator, Field Ichthyologist, Roosevelt Wild Life Forest 

 Experiment Statiott, Syracuse, Xew York 



CONTENTS 



PAGE 



I. Introduction and Ackno\vleil>;nn.nls 242 



II. General Description of Oneida Lake By Charles C. Adams 247 



1. Location and Physical Features . . 247 



2. The Microscopic Fcxxl Supply J 40 



3. The Fish Hal )i tats of the Lake and their Fishes.. .252 

 III. The Economic and S(K?ial Value of ( )n.i.),-i F„iko Fishes, 



By Charles C. Adams 254 



1. The General Situation. . . 254 



2. Anghng at Oneida Lake . m 



3. The Fisheries of Oneida Laki ; ;; 



4. Economic Value of the Fish .;: 



5. General Policy .51; 



I\'. Breeding Habits of Onei<la I^ke Fishes By Thomas L. Hankinson 200 



\'. Mentification of Oneida I^ake Fishes By Thomas L. Hankinson 270 



\'I. Annotated List of Oneida Lake Fishes, 



By Charles C. Adams and T. L. Hankinson 283 



\l I List of References 532 



• Director of the New York State Museum. Albany, N. V. 



t Professor of zoology, Micliigan State Normal ColleRe. Vpsilanii, Mi^ 



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