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Growth of pikeperch in relation to lake characteristics: total phosphorus, water colour, lake area and depth

✍ Scribed by T. Keskinen; T. J. Marjomäki


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2003
Tongue
English
Weight
130 KB
Volume
63
Category
Article
ISSN
0022-1112

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✦ Synopsis


The growth of pikeperch Sander lucioperca was studied in 41 lakes in central Finland. The backcalculated average total length of 3 year‐old pikeperch was used as an indicator of growth. The growth correlated positively with total phosphorus and water colour and negatively with lake area and depth. The reason for differences in growth may be differences in the amount of suitable food, foraging success or temperature dynamics in different lakes.