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Habitat supply for Yellow Perch (Actinopterygii, Percidae) varies with space, time, and life stage in Lake Erie

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Exploring species-environment relationships to identify essential habitat areas is recognized as an effective way for resource conservation and management. Because of ecological and economic importance of Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens) in Lake Erie, it is essential to develop appropriate habitat models to analyze habitat supply of this species. Empirical species-environment models for two age-groups (juveniles and adults) at two depth strata were developed based on a long-term (27 years) gillnet survey data. Models incorporated interactive terms indicate a high degree of prediction accuracy and satisfied the assumption of residual independence. As a benthivorous species, high-quality habitat is mainly distributed in the bottom waters. Suitable habitat for adults is also found in the mid-waters in the central and east basins. Weighted suitability index per unit area differs significantly among years, basins, and vertical strata. Currently, quota allocation among jurisdictions is determined by using GIS applications of jurisdictional surface area of waters within each management unit. The outputs from our study can be used to revise the current quota allocation schemes and habitat-based quota allocation protocol will provide more scientific and rational total allowable catch for each jurisdiction.

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This project was supported in part by a grant “Integration of spatial stock structure and multiple stocks into stock assessment for Yellow Perch in Lake Erie” to Y. Jiao. We thank the Ontario Commercial Fisheries Association and Great Lakes Fishery Commission for providing data to us. C. Liu is supported by a fellowship from Ocean University of China while working at Virginia Tech as a Visiting Scholar.

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Supplementary material 1 (TIFF 386 kb) Appendix 1. The plot of (a) sample magnitude against year and the boxplots of (b) gear temperature, (c) gear depth, (d) water clarity, (e) dissolved oxygen and (f) catch per unit effort (CPUE) of adults against year based on the gillnet survey data in the bottom waters

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Supplementary material 2 (TIFF 6261 kb) Appendix 2. The plot of (a) sample magnitude against year and the boxplots of (b) gear temperature, (c) gear depth, (d) water clarity and (e) dissolved oxygen against year based on the gillnet survey data in the mid-waters

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Supplementary material 3 (TIFF 499 kb) Appendix 3. Spatial distribution of (a) water temperature, (b) gear depth, (c) water clarity, (d) dissolved oxygen and (e) CPUE of adults in 2015 based on the gillnet survey data in the bottom waters

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Supplementary material 4 (TIFF 390 kb) Appendix 4. Spatial distribution of (a) water temperature, (b) gear depth, (c) water clarity and (d) dissolved oxygen in 2015 based on the gillnet survey data in the mid-waters

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Liu, C., Jiao, Y., Reid, K.B. et al. Habitat supply for Yellow Perch (Actinopterygii, Percidae) varies with space, time, and life stage in Lake Erie. Hydrobiologia 808, 371–386 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-017-3440-8

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