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  <dc:contributor>Robert O’Gorman</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Joseph H. Elrod</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>1991</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;We examined the diet of juvenile lake trout&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Salvelinus namaycush&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;(&amp;lt;450 mm, total length) in Lake Ontario during four sampling periods (April&amp;ndash;May, June, July&amp;ndash;August, and October 1979&amp;ndash;1987) in relation to changes in prey fish abundance in the depth zone where we caught the lake trout. Over all years combined, slimy sculpins&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Cottus cognatus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;contributed the most (39&amp;ndash;52%) by wet weight to the diet, followed by alewives&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Alosa pseudoharengus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;(3&amp;ndash;38%), rainbow smelt&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Osmerus mordax&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;(17&amp;ndash;43%), and johnny darters&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Etheostoma nigrum&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;(2&amp;ndash;10%). Over 90% of alewives eaten during April&amp;ndash;May and June were age 1, and 98% of those eaten during October were age 0 (few alewives were eaten in July&amp;ndash;August). Mean lengths of rainbow smelt and slimy sculpins in stomachs increased with size of lake trout. Juvenile lake trout generally fed opportunistically&amp;mdash;seasonal and annual changes in diet usually reflected seasonal and annual changes in abundance of prey fishes near bottom where we captured the lake trout. Furthermore, diet within a given season varied with depth of capture of lake trout, and changes with depth in proportions of prey species in lake trout stomachs mirrored changes in proportions of the prey species in trawl catches at the same depth. Alewives (ages 0 and 1) were the only prey fish eaten in substantial quantities by both juvenile lake trout and other salmonines, and thus are a potential focus of competition between these predators.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.1577/1548-8659(1991)120&lt;0290:DOJLTI&gt;2.3.CO;2</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Taylor &amp; Francis</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Diet of juvenile lake trout in southern Lake Ontario in relation to abundance and size of prey fishes, 1979-1987</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
</oai_dc:dc>