caa a22 4500 606227547 CHVBK 20210128101158.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10641-014-0319-7 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10641-014-0319-7 Movement patterns and spawning sites of muskellunge Esox masquinongy in the Antrim chain of lakes, Michigan [Elektronische Daten] [James Diana, Patrick Hanchin, Nicholas Popoff] The purpose of this study was to identify spawning habitat, determine home ranges, and examine movement patterns for a naturally reproducing population of Great Lakes muskellunge in the lower Antrim County chain of lakes, Michigan. Muskellunge spawning sites were identified by tracking of implanted muskellunge using a directional hydrophone and by nighttime spotlight surveys. All spawning fish tagged in Torch or Clam Lake spawned in Clam Lake, while most spawning fish tagged in Elk or Skegemog Lake spawned in the Torch River; one appeared to spawn in Lake Skegemog. Of the 32 potential spawning sites, 28 (87.5%) contained submerged aquatic vegetation as the dominant habitat type, while the remaining 4 sites were divided equally between woody debris (6.25%) and bare substrate. All but one implanted muskellunge returned from spawning sites to the same lake in which they were captured and implanted. Of the 24 tagged muskellunge, four were harvested via angling or spearing within 1year after tagging, and two additional fish were assumed harvested when contact was lost. Implanted muskellunge tended to remain in the lakes during the winter, then move into spawning areas in spring, eventually returning to open lake sites where they resided over summer. Muskellunge movement behavior diverged after spawning each year, with 11 tagged fish (61.1%) remaining in Skegemog or Clam Lake for the summer, and seven individuals traveling to Elk or Torch Lake. Muskellunge home ranges averaged 612ha and ranged from 17 to 5,287ha. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2014 Spawning sites nationallicence Home range nationallicence Telemetry nationallicence Habitat nationallicence Diana James School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, 48109-1041, Ann Arbor, MI, USA aut Hanchin Patrick Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Charlevoix Fisheries Research Station, 96 Grant Street, 49720, Charlevoix, MI, USA aut Popoff Nicholas Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Charlevoix Fisheries Research Station, 96 Grant Street, 49720, Charlevoix, MI, USA aut Environmental Biology of Fishes Springer Netherlands 98/3(2015-03-01), 833-844 0378-1909 98:3<833 2015 98 10641 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-014-0319-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-014-0319-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Diana James School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, 48109-1041, Ann Arbor, MI, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hanchin Patrick Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Charlevoix Fisheries Research Station, 96 Grant Street, 49720, Charlevoix, MI, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Popoff Nicholas Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Charlevoix Fisheries Research Station, 96 Grant Street, 49720, Charlevoix, MI, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Environmental Biology of Fishes Springer Netherlands 98/3(2015-03-01), 833-844 0378-1909 98:3<833 2015 98 10641