Ecology of a northern pike (Esox Iucius) population in a small, oligotrophic Lake : with comparisons to other northwestern Ontario populations / by Arnold Laine
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Abstract
The life history and population dynamics of the northern pike \n(Esox lucius) within Squeers Lake, Ontario were studied in order \nto provide information on pike found within oligotrophic lakes. \nResults clearly demonstrate the Squeers Lake northern pike \npopulation is relatively stable but small in size, has a very low \nproduction rate, exhibits rapid growth, an early age of maturity \nand an intermediate life span. The low availability of spawning \n(and to a lesser extent nursery) habitat apparently regulates \npopulation size. The rapid growth may be the result of abundant \nfood, lack of serious competition for food resources and presence \nof favourable environmental conditions. Epilimnetic summer \ntemperatures 16-21?C) within the main lake basin were very near \noptimal for "adult" pike (ie 18-20?C, Casselman, 1978), whereas \nsummer temperatures within the Western Arm (which formed the main \nspawning and nursery area within the lake) were near optimum for \nyoung-of-the-year and yearling pike (ie 26?C, Hokansen et al 1973). \nTo assess accuracy in age and growth assessment for the \nSqueers Lake northern pike population, the validity of using scales \nand cleithra was examined. The high percent frequency of \nagreement, low index of average error (Beamish and Fournier 1981) \nand index of precision (Chang 1982) indicate both scales and \ncleithra are equally suitable tissues for assigning age structure \nto Squeers Lake northern pike provided that marks interpreted as \nannuli are in fact annually formed. An examination of the accuracy \nof age estimates through the use of partly known aged fish (via iii \ntetracycline labelling and mark-recapture methods) confirmed that \nthe checks identified on both aging tissues were in fact annuli. \nCleithra, were, however, more accurate for northern pike > age 10. \nTherefore, when age estimates are required without killing the \nfish, the use of scales can be recommended provided that the \npopulation is relatively fast growing and precision levels between \nthe two tissues do not exceed 5%. \nIn order to further determine what factors may influence \nnorthern pike growth and population size, the influences of lake \nmorphometry and chemistry on 14 northwestern Ontario populations \n(including Squeers Lake) were investigated. Northern pike \npopulations found within deep-oligotrophic lakes exhibited low \npopulation densities, a superior growth rate, piscivory and were \nspawning and nursery habitat limited. Northern pike populations \nfrom meso-eutrophic lakes had much greater population densities, \nexhibited much poorer growth rates, were generally opportunistic \npredators and appeared to be food limited. Northern pike from \nmesotrophic and shallow-oligotrophic lakes exhibited intermediate \npopulation size and growth rates with the maximal individual size \nof fish from these populations approaching that of northern pike \nfrom deep-oligotrophic lakes. With the increased acceptance of \nindividual lake management, a number of management alternatives are \nproposed.
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Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.
Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.020 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
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