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Condition of Surgical Acoustic Tag Incisions in Recaptured Lake Erie Walleye (2011-2016) Intracoelomic implantation of electronic tags has become a common method in fishery research, but rarely are fish examined by scientists after release to understand the extent that surgical incisions have healed. Walleye (Sander vitreus) are a valuable, highly-exploited fishery resource in the Laurentian Great Lakes. Here, fishery capture of walleye with internal acoustic transmitters combined with a high reward program provided multiple opportunities to examine photographs and quantify the status of surgical incisions. Walleye (n=926) from reef and river spawning populations in Lake Erie and Lake Huron were implanted with acoustic transmitters during spring spawning events from 2011 to 2016. Incisions were closed... Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Detroit, Lake Huron, Lower Maumee, Plant and animal tagging, Sandusky, All tags... Tittabawassee, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Western Lake Erie, biota, capturing (animals), fish, Fewer tags Larval fish and water profile data from Lake Huron in 2017 These data consist of larval fish and water profile data collected with a nearshore to offshore transect approach at 9 transects throughout Lake Huron. Larval fish and their stomach contents were identified, enumerated, and measured (if possible) using a dissecting microscope. These data were used to calculate densities of potential fish prey items (what is available in the environment) and compare that to what the fishes ate for selectivity analysis. Larval fish age estimation based on daily growth rings from otoliths was also conducted. These data are in raw form. The water profile data were collected using a bathythermograph and bin-averaged at the 1 m level. Environmental prey data are available at the following... Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Ecology, Lake Huron, Limnology, Michigan, All tags... Northwestern Lake Huron, Ontario, Planktonic Biota, Southwestern Lake Huron, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Zooplankton, aquatic ecosystems, biota, community ecology, environment, field sampling, fish, fish, fisheries biology, food web, inlandWaters, invertebrates, invertebrates, plankton, population and community ecology, species diversity, specimen collecting, Fewer tags Grass Carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) egg capture data from Great Lakes tributaries, 2021-2022 (ver. 1.1, November 2023) The data includes dates, places, and times of sampling events for eggs of invasive Grass Carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) in tributaries to the Great Lakes in 2021 and 2022. Reference data on locations and dates sampled, gears used, and effort are included. Developmental stages for a subset of undamaged, fertilized eggs are provided. Tables include common fields to allow for integration into a relational database to aid data extraction and associating data among tables. First posted: September 2023 Revised: November 2023 (version 1.1) Categories: Data, Data Release - Revised; Tags: Cuyahoga River, Grand River (Ohio, USA), Grass Carp, Great Lakes, Huron River (Ohio, USA), All tags... Invasive carp, Maumee River, Portage River, Sandusky River, St. Joseph River, Tittabawassee River, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biota, fish, fish spawning and larval aggregation, invasive species, mathematical modeling, streamflow, Fewer tags Grass Carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) egg capture data from tributaries to western Lake Erie, 2015-2020 The data includes dates, places, and times of sampling events for eggs and larvae of invasive Grass Carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) in tributaries to Lake Erie between 2015 and 2020. Reference data on locations and dates sampled, gears used, and effort are included. Developmental stages for a subset of undamaged, fertilized eggs are provided. Tables include common fields to allow for integration into a relational database to aid data extraction and associating data among tables. Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Asian carp, Cuyahoga River, Grass Carp, Great Lakes, All tags... Huron River, Maumee River, Portage River, Sandusky River, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), USGS-CC Asian Carp, Western Lake Erie, biota, fish, fish spawning and larval aggregation, invasive species, mathematical modeling, streamflow, Fewer tags Larval and Young of Year Walleye Diets in Western Lake Erie during 2014 and 2019 Lake Erie walleye (Stizostedion vitreum) recruitment fluctuates annually and depends partially on their diet and growth during their first year of life. To determine how age-0 walleye have responded to changes in prey species and abundance, larval and young of year walleye were collected from western Lake Erie in 2019 and 2014. Larval and young of year fish stomachs were extracted and dissected, with prey contents removed for later identification. All prey contents were identified to the lowest possible taxonomic level using a dissecting microscope and counted, with up to 20 prey items from each taxa per fish measured (0.01 mm) using a digital computer image analysis system. Zooplankton prey items were identified... Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Aquatic invasive species, Diets, Ecology, Fish, All tags... Great Lakes, Lake Erie, Larval fish, Limnology, Sander vitreus, Stizostedion vitreum, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Walleye, Western Lake Erie, Young of year, aquatic biology, biota, ecology, environment, fish, food consumption, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, zooplankton, Fewer tags Lake Michigan Fish Acoustic Data from 2011 to 2016 Each line in the file “Lake Michigan fish acoustic data from 2011 to 2016.csv” represents the acoustic data and estimated fish density for a single depth layer of water. Surveys are conducted along transects, transects are divided horizontally into successive intervals, and then within an interval there are multiple successive depth layers. Area backscattering (ABC), mean acoustic size (sigma), and fish density are reported for each unique transect-interval – layer from Lake Michigan in the years 2011-2016. Area backscattering (PRC_ABC), mean acoustic size (sigma), and fish density in the intervals and layers of acoustic survey transects of Lake Michigan in the years 2011-2016. The survey is carried out using a... Categories: Data; Types: Citation; Tags: Fish, Fishery Resources, Lake Michigan, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), environment, All tags... hydroacoustic, inlandWaters, Fewer tags St. Clair River Shoreline Remediation Evaluation Site And Sample Data 2015-2016 This data set consists of counts and lengths of fish collected as part of a 2015-2016 evaluation of shoreline remediation projects in the St. Clair River, Michigan, USA. Remediation sites were sites that had undergone shoreline softening to convert vertical seawalls to sloping banks, reduce water depths, create a gradual transition between shoreline to main channel habitats, and provide structure (e.g., root wads and boulders) for fishes and other aquatic biota. Control sites were other wade-able (less than 1 meter) areas along the St. Clair River where shoreline softening projects had not taken place. Control sites included public beaches and access points to the St. Clair River and generally had limited in-stream... Categories: Data; Tags: Michigan, St. Clair, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biota, field sampling, All tags... fish, fishery management, remediation, river, Fewer tags Microsatellite genotypes for Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) Eggs and Larvae from Constructed Reefs in the St. Clair-Detroit River System (2015-2016) This dataset contains the physical collection information (e.g., sample location, date, gear type) and microsatellite DNA genotype of egg and larval Lake Sturgeon collected in the St. Clair and Detroit rivers in 2015 and 2016. Individuals were genotyped for 18 microsatellite loci (13 disomic and 5 polysomic). Alleles (base pair sizes) were recorded as presence absence scores (1:present, 2:absent, 0:missing data) for all previously observed alleles. Thus individual genotypes were recorded as pseudo diploid dominant phenotypes resulting in individual vectors of length n=205 for each genotyped egg or larval individual. Categories: Data; Tags: Acipenser, Acipenser fulvescens, Acipenseridae, Anthropogenic, Anthropogenic Rock, All tags... Anthropogenic Rock Reef Substrate, Anthropogenic Rock Rubble, Anthropogenic Substrate, Aquatic Biology, Aquatic Setting, Artificial reef, Assessments, Biological Occurrence, Data Content Subjects, Data Content Types, Detroit, Detroit River, Dredge Deposit, Dredge Disturbance, Dredged/Excavated Channel, Fishes, Fishing from Shore, Fishing with Benthic Mobile Gear, Genetics, Grassy Island, Great Lakes, Habitat, Harvesting Living Resources, Huron, Lacustrine, Lake Saint Clair, Lake St. Clair, Living Resources, Macomb, Michigan, Middle Channel Saint Clair River, Motorized Boating, North Channel Saint Clair River, Pelagic Fishing, Port Huron, Recreational Nonextractive /Cultural Use, Sailing, Saint Clair, Saint Clair River, Shipping, Shore Use, St. Clair, St. Clair-Detroit, Substrate, Transportation, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, Wayne, Western Lake Erie, animals, anthropogenic agents of coastal change, aquatic ecosystems, biological features, biological laboratory methods, biological observations, biological resources, biology, biota, biota, canal, capturing (animals), channels, chordates, conservation, construction, cultural resources, data processing, datasets, discipline, dredge spoils disposal, dredging operations, ecological change, ecosystem monitoring, ecosystem restoration, ecosystems, endemic species, environment, environmental assessment, eukaryotes, feature type, field inventory and monitoring, field methods, field observation, field sampling, fish, fish eggs, fish larvae, fisheries, fishery resources, food resources, freshwater ecosystems, genetic diversity, genetics, genotype, habitats, hot topics, hydrographic features, ichthyology, ichthyoplankton, inland fishery resources, inlandWaters, laboratory methods, landform, life sciences, management methods, methods, native species, natural resources, nekton and plankton, organism groupings (non-taxonomic), organisms, physiographic features, population and community ecology, population dynamics, product types, ray-finned fish ["bony fish"], recreational fishery resources, reef, reefs, regions, research method, resource management, resources, river, river basin development, river systems, rivers, sciences, shipping channels, species conservation, streams, sturgeon, topics, transportation resources, trapping, vertebrates, water resources, wetland destruction, zoology, Fewer tags Fish eggs collected in the St. Clair, Detroit, and St. Marys rivers, 2005-2022 A long-term, multiseason, fish egg sampling program is conducted annually on the Detroit, Saint Clair, and Saint Marys rivers to identify where productive fish spawning habitat currently exists and evaluate habitat restoration projects. Egg mats were placed on the river bottom during the spring and fall at historic spawning areas, candidate fish spawning habitat restoration sites, and completed spawning habitat restoration sites throughout the rivers. Widespread evidence was found of lithophilic spawning by numerous native fish species, including walleye (Sander vitreus), lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis), lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens), suckers (Family: Catostomidae), and trout-perch (Percopsis omiscomaycus).... Categories: Data; Tags: Acipenser fulvescens, Aquatic Biology, Catostomidae, Construction Reef, Coregonus clupeaformis, All tags... Detroit River, Ecology, Fish Spawning and Larval Aggregation, Lake Sturgeon, Lake Whitefish, Michigan, Percopsis, Saint Clair River, Saint Marys River, Sander vitreus, Trout-perch, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Walleye, Water Resources, aquatic habitat, biota, ecological restoration, fish, fisheries biology, habitat alteration, inlandWaters, reproduction, Fewer tags Fish eggs collected in the St. Clair, Detroit, and St. Marys rivers, 2005-2018. A long-term, multiseason, fish egg sampling program is conducted annually on the Detroit, Saint Clair, and Saint Marys rivers to identify where productive fish spawning habitat currently exists. Egg mats were placed on the river bottom during the spring and fall at historic spawning areas, candidate fish spawning habitat restoration sites, and completed spawning habitat restoration sites throughout the rivers. Widespread evidence was found of lithophilic spawning by numerous native fish species, including walleye (Sander vitreus), lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis), lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens), suckers (Catostomidae spp.), and trout-perch (Percopsis omiscomaycus). The data describe the number, density,... Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Detroit River, Michigan, Saint Clair River, Saint Marys River, All tags... Saint Marys River, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), aquatic habitat, biota, ecological restoration, fish, reproduction, Fewer tags Physical and Biological Monitoring Data Collected from Restored Wetland Units at Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge, Saginaw, MI, USA (2019) Data represent physical (water quality, water nutrient analysis) and biological (fish, macroinvertebrate, and vegetation community) collections from the Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge in Saginaw, MI, USA (specifically, historical management unit "Pool 1A" and the North and South management units of the Maankiki Marsh Complex.) The North and South management units of the Maankiki Marsh Complex were reconnected to the Shiawassee River in 2018, whereas Pool 1A represents a historically reconnected wetland. Additional sites within the Shiawassee River and Spaulding Drain (east of Pool 1A) were also sampled to represent parameters collected from the parent water system. All data were collected in 2019. Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Hydrology, Laurentian Great Lakes, Michigan, Saginaw, All tags... Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Quality, Water Resources, biota, coastal wetland, community assessment, ecosystem restoration, environment, fish, hydrology, inlandWaters, macroinvertebrates, natural resource management, remediation, vegetation, water quality, wetland ecosystems, wetland functions, wetland restoration, Fewer tags Round goby detection by environmental DNA, trawl, and angling in Lakes Huron and Michigan This data set is associated with an examination of environmental DNA (eDNA) from the invasive round goby (Neogobius melanostomus) in parallel with traditional fish surveys in the Great Lakes. Data resulting from bottom trawling surveys and angler hook and line methods include round goby fish count and biomass at different depths and seasons at multiple sites of Lake Huron and Lake Michigan (trawls), and breakwall locations of Lake Michigan at Portage Lakefront, Portage, Indiana and Washington Park, Michigan City, Indiana (angling). Data from eDNA water samples targeting round goby were analyzed by two molecular methods: droplet digital PCR (ddPCR) and quantitative PCR (qPCR); eDNA copy numbers are presented for... Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Ecology, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Limnology, All tags... USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), animal tracking, biota, environment, environmental DNA, field methods, field sampling, fish, freshwater ecosystems, inland fishery resources, inlandWaters, invasive species, polymerase chain reaction, Fewer tags Lake Ontario April Prey Fish Bottom Trawl Survey, 1997-2021 This data release includes Lake Ontario prey fish data including species captured, relative abundance, spatial distribution, size structure, and age data from the April or spring prey fish bottom trawl survey, 1997 and 2021. Data from 1997 - 2015 are from U.S. waters of Lake Ontario while data from 2016 - 2021 include both U.S. and Canadian waters of Lake Ontario. Details about the vessel and gear descriptions, sampling protocols, and catch processing protocols can be found in the Process sections of this metadata. Portions of this data release follows the data model of the USGS Great Lakes Science Center Research Vessel Catalog (RVCAT). The trawl data included in this data release are a subset of the larger RVCAT... Categories: Data; Tags: Alewife, Aquatic Biology, Cisco, Ecology, Lake Ontario, All tags... Lake Ontario, Limnology, New York, Ontario, Rainbow Smelt, Three-spined stickleback, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biota, bottom trawl, field sampling, fish, freshwater ecosystems, inlandWaters, population dynamics, prey fish, Fewer tags Larval lake whitefish diets in western Lake Erie during 2018, 2019, and 2021 Recent declines in Lake Whitefish population abundance has prompted research to identify underlying mechanisms controlling survival of early life stages in the Great Lakes. In Lake Erie, the recruitment bottleneck window determining year class strength of Lake Whitefish occurs during the first growing season, suggesting that availability of prey could be controlling year class strength. Therefore, spatial and seasonal larval Lake Whitefish distribution, diet, and environmental zooplankton (potential prey) were collected to evaluate larval Lake Whitefish diets at 31 locations in the western basin during 2017, 2018, and 2021. We removed gut tracks of larval lake whitefish and identified diet items to lowest possible... Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Coregonus clupeaformis, Ecology, Fish, Great Lakes, All tags... Lake Erie, Lake Whitefish, Limnology, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Western Lake Erie, aquatic biology, biota, diets, ecology, environment, fish, food consumption, inlandWaters, larval fish, zooplankton, Fewer tags Morphometric measurements of Cisco (Coregonus artedi) from Lake Ontario 2018 These data contain morphometric measurements collected on the left side of Cisco (Coregonus artedi) collected from Lake Ontario in 2018. Measurements were obtained by two methods, first by direct measurements made on the thawed specimens using a hand caliper by one person, then using a digital image technique. The digital image measurements were completed by two different measurers to evaluate how reproducible measurements extracted from digital images were between the two measurers. Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Cisco, Coregonus artedi, Ecology, Great Lakes, All tags... Lake Ontario, Lake herring, Limnology, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Resources, Wildlife Biology, biota, fish, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, meristics, morphology (biological), morphometrics, Fewer tags Seine Collection Data Along the Michigan Shoreline of the St. Clair-Detroit River System These data contain counts of fish species collected with a 1.83 m x 9.14 m bag seine constructed of 1.6 mm Delta nylon mesh. When permitted, five consecutive 15.25 m hauls were made parallel to the shoreline. Sites with smaller shorelines were sampled to the greatest extent possible and distance recorded. The seine was pulled in the upstream direction to allow the net to stay open during sampling. Following each haul, fish were sorted by species and counted. Macrophyte community characteristics (percent cover and species) were assessed by visually approximating the proportion of sites occupied by each species. A rake was used to collect vegetation for lab verification of species identification. Other habitat features... Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Detroit River, Ecology, Fisheries, Riparian environments, All tags... Saint Clair River, Seining, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biota, environment, fish, inlandWaters, macrophytes, Fewer tags Bottom Trawl Catch Alewife Densities and Ages in Lakes Michigan and Huron This data release provides catch-per-unit-effort (CPUE) data by age-class for alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) based on bottom trawl surveys from Lake Michigan (1973-2022) or Lake Huron (1976-2004). These data are associated with a study that sought to evaluate whether alewife populations across the Great Lakes are synchronous in their time series. Categories: Data; Tags: Alosa pseudohargengus, Aquatic Biology, Ecology, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, All tags... USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), alewife, biota, bottom trawl, fish, freshwater ecosystems, inlandWaters, population dynamics, Fewer tags Grass Carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) Egg Diameter Estimates from the Huron River (Ohio), 2022 These data include egg diameter estimates from Grass Carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) eggs collected during bongo net sampling in the Huron River (Ohio; 41.3305, -82.5812) on May 23, 2022 near Milan, Ohio. Egg diameters were estimated from photographs using proportional relationships of pixel lengths with a known length scale bar in millimeters. Given that eggs were not perfectly spherical, egg diameters were measured across two perpendicular axes and an average was calculated to represent an estimate of egg diameter (mm). Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Ecology, Fish Spawning and Larval Aggregation, Great Lakes, Huron River (Ohio), All tags... Lake Erie, Ohio, Southern Lake Erie, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biota, fish, invasive species, Fewer tags Lake Ontario April Prey Fish Bottom Trawl Survey, 1978-2022 This data release includes Lake Ontario prey fish data including species captured, relative abundance, spatial distribution, size structure, and age data from the April or spring prey fish bottom trawl survey, 1978 through 2022. Data from 1978 - 2015 are from U.S. waters of Lake Ontario while data from 2016 - 2022 include both U.S. and Canadian waters of Lake Ontario. Details about the vessel and gear descriptions, sampling protocols, and catch processing protocols are provided in the associated metadata. Portions of this data release follows the data model of the USGS Great Lakes Science Center Research Vessel Catalog (RVCAT). The trawl data included in this data release are a subset of the larger RVCAT data base.... Categories: Data; Tags: Alewife, Cisco, Ecology, Lake Ontario, Lake Ontario, All tags... Limnology, New York, Ontario, Rainbow Smelt, Three-spined stickleback, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biota, bottom trawl, field sampling, fish, freshwater ecosystems, inlandWaters, population dynamics, prey fish, Fewer tags Lake Ontario April Prey Fish Bottom Trawl Survey, 1978-2023 This data release includes Lake Ontario prey fish data including species captured, relative abundance, spatial distribution, size structure, and age data from the April or spring prey fish bottom trawl survey, 1978 through 2023. Data from 1978 - 2015 are from U.S. waters of Lake Ontario while data from 2016 - 2023 include both U.S. and Canadian waters of Lake Ontario. Details about the vessel and gear descriptions, sampling protocols, and catch processing protocols are provided in the associated metadata. Categories: Data; Tags: Alewife, Cisco, Lake Ontario, Lake Ontario, Limnology, All tags... 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