Fish 101 Biology and Habitat Lisa Mc Shane
Fish 101 – Biology and Habitat Lisa Mc. Shane Management Biologist Kemptville District, OMNRF
Fish Anatomy Image - http: //www. dnr. sc. gov/fish/anatomy. html
Common Fish of the Area Centrachidae – sunfish family
Common Fish of the Area Percidae – perch family
Common Fish of the Area Esocidae – pike family
Common Fish of the Area Salmonidae – salmon and trout family
Common Fish of the Area Ictaluridae – catfish family
Common Fish of the Area Forage Fish Images - http: //www 2. dnr. cornell. edu/
Habitat Different habitat for different life stages and seasons • Spawning • Nursery • Adult • Seasonal
Habitat • • • Limnology – study of inland waters Littoral zone – nearshore area where sunlight penetrates Limnetic Zone – sunlight penetrates open surface waters Profundal zone –deep zone, below range of light penetration Benthic Zone – bottom includes sediment surface and some subsurface layers http: //www. bio. utexas. edu/faculty/sjasper/Bio 301 M/aquahab. html http: //www. geo. arizona. edu/Antevs/nats 104/00 lect 17 laklifzon. html http: //www. thepondlady. com/biological/plants. html
http: //assuredcomputer. com/loa/pollution. html http: //www. rideau-info. com/local_landscape. html
Habitat http: //extension. unh. edu/Shorelines http: //www. kentuckyawake. org/Rock_Bass http: //seasonsinthevalley. blogspot. ca/2014_05_01_archive. html http: //bioweb. uwlax. edu/bio 203/2010/hetke_dust/habitat. htm
Spawning Habitat Bass Spawning Habitat
Spawning Habitat Walleye Spawning
Spawning Habitat Lake Trout Brook Trout http: //www. adirondackalmanack. com/2013/11/a dirondack-fish-spawning-lake-trout. html http: //wildsouth. org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/brook-trout-species-spotlight-2. jpg https: //walrus. wr. usgs. gov/pacmaps/lm-index. html
Seasonal Habitat • Winter – bass aggregate near bottom, very inactive and feed little • Summer – trout stay near the bottom in cooler water with more oxygen
Fish Information
All pictures of fish are from Cornell University website and are artwork produced by Ellen Edmondson which was sponsored by the New York Department of Conservation unless otherwise noted.
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