Prey consumption by the burbot ( Lota lota ) population in Green Bay, Lake Michigan, based on a bioenergetics model

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
• Main Authors: Rudstam, Lars G., Peppard, Paul E., Fratt, Thomas W., Bruesewitz, Richard E., Coble, Daniel W., Copes, Fred A., Kitchell, James F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1995
• Subjects: Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Green Bay; Bay Lake; atlantic cod; Burbot; Gadus morhua; Lota lota; lota
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f95-105; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f95-105

We estimated prey consumption by burbot (Lota lota) based on diet, mortality, growth, maturity, thermal history, population density and a bioenergetics model derived for a similar, cold-water gadoid, the Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua). In Green Bay, Lake Michigan, burbot >400 mm fed primarily on...