| Abstract: | Ruffe Gymnocephalus cernuus, a percid native to Europe and Asia, is established in the Lake Superior drainage and could have negative impacts on native fish through competition for forage and predation on fish eggs. We investigated the diet of ruffes in the the 4,654-ha St. Louis River estuary in May-October 1989-1990 and the feeding periodicity of ruffes in two adjacent habitats during 5 24-h periods in summers 1990-1991. Ruffes were primarily benthophagous. Age-0 ruffes fed mostly on cladocerans and copepods in early summer and midge larvae (Chironomidae) in late summer and fall. Adult ruffes less than 12 cm fed mostly on midges and other macrobenthos but also consumed large numbers of microcrustaceans. Adult ruffes 12 cm and larger fed mostly on midges, burrowing mayflies Hexagenia spp., and caddisflies (Trichoptera). Ruffes consumed few fish eggs. Adult ruffes in deeper waters and all age-0 ruffes fed throughout the day as indicated by weight patterns of stomach contents. However, adult ruffes generally moved to shallower waters at night to feed most heavily. Results of this study indicate that ruffes will probably compete with other benthic-feeding fishes such as yellow perch Perca flavescens and trout-perch Percopsis omiscomaycus. |
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| ProdID: | 1000810 |
| Citation Author: | Ogle, Derek H.; Selgeby, James H.; Newman, Raymond M.; Henry, Mary G. |
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| Citation End Page: | 369 |
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| Citation Language: | English |
| Citation Larger Work Title: | Transactions of the American Fisheries Society |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | p. 356-369 |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Diet and feeding periodicity of ruffe in the St. Louis River estuary, Lake Superior; 1995; Article; Journal; Transactions of the American Fisheries Society; Ogle, Derek H.; Selgeby, James H.; Newman, Raymond M.; Henry, Mary G. |
| Citation Start Page: | 356 |
| Citation Volume: | 124 |
| Citation Year: | 1995 |
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| Text: | Diet and feeding periodicity of ruffe in the St. Louis River estuary, Lake Superior; 1995; Article; Journal; Transactions of the American Fisheries Society; Ogle, Derek H.; Selgeby, James H.; Newman, Raymond M.; Henry, Mary G. |
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| Date Other: | Sun, 1 Jan 1995 00:00 -0600 |
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