The Windermere perch and pike project: an historical review

This paper is an attempt to set the background, provide a brief history, review some of the Windermere perch and pike project's scientific achievements, note current developments and hopes for the future, and comment on some aspects of such long-term projects. The project was originally started...

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Main Author: Le Cren, David
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2001
Subjects:
Ecology
Fisheries
Limnology
Modelling
Catch statistics
Freshwater fish
Historical account
England
Lake Windermere
Perca fluviatilis
Esox lucius
Salmo trutta
Salvelinus alpinus
Arctic
England Lake
Arctic charr
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1834/22226
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Summary:This paper is an attempt to set the background, provide a brief history, review some of the Windermere perch and pike project's scientific achievements, note current developments and hopes for the future, and comment on some aspects of such long-term projects. The project was originally started in 1939 in order to provide fish in freshwater lakes which might be harvested to enhance the supplies of food in a country subject to blockade. Pike traps and gill-netting were trialed as fishing methods. Catch statistics are available from 1939 which can be used to study population dynamics or for modelling purposes. The author provides an overview of changes in the population dynamics of perch and pike but covers briefly other species like arctic charr and brown trout. Also covered are several aspects of the basic biology and ecology of the principal species involved.

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