Handbook of Freshwater Fishery Biology, Life History data on Ichthyopercid and Percid Fishes of the United States and Canada

Compiles data and information on the management of important game fish, completing a trilogy of handbooks, the first two recognized as classics in the field.

Preface vii

Introduction xi

Ch. 1 White Perch, Morone americana (Gmelin) 1

Ch. 2 White Bass, Morone chrysops (Rafinesque) 13

Ch. 3 Yellow Bass, Moronemississippiensis (Jordan and Eigenmann) 29

Ch. 4 Striped Bass, Morone saxatilis (Walbaum) 41

Ch. 5 Morone Hybrids 59

Ch. 6 Darters, Etheostominae 63

Ch. 7 Yellow Perch, Perca flavescens (Mitchill) 125

Ch. 8 Sauger, Stizostedion canadense (Smith) 181

Ch. 9 Walleye, Stizostedion vitreum (Mitchill) 205

Citations 295

Author Index 381

Kenneth D. Carlander was Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor Agriculture, Professor of Fisheries, Dept. of Animal Ecology at Iowa State University. Served as President of the Iowa Academy of Science and the American Fisheries Society and was a U.S. Representative, International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology. He served as a consultant for the Ford Foundation Alexandria University, in Egypt in 1056-66.