Document Type
Article
Abstract
Yellow perch Perca flavescens is one of the major fishes in northern Minnesota. These fish are important to the ecosystems they live in but, these ecosystems are subject to change at anytime if the factors present themselves. Research was done in the past that studied water temperature, air temperature, climate events, and human activity showing their effect on fish growth. This study looks at the same four factors that influence the ecosystem in Lake Bemiji during the month of September in the years of 2017-2024. Each factor is compared to the average total lengths of yellow perch to test for a correlation between them to see how each factor impacts the growth from year to year. The only factor that indicated significance was age-3 water temperature (P = 0.05). Age-3 air temperature produced results that were non-significant (P = 0.14). Both age-0 water and air temperature also produced non-significance (P = 0.94, P = 0.79). Age-0 weather and docks exhibited non significance as well (P = 0.99, P = 0.43). Age-3 of the same factors produced results that were non-significant (P = 0.44, P = 0.18).
Publication Date
2025
Recommended Citation
Montoya, Hector Jr., "The Growth of Yellow Perch in Relation to Environmental Factors" (2025). Journal of Earth and Life Science. 88.
https://pines.bemidjistate.edu/j-earth-life-sci/88
Comments
Faculty sponsor: Dr. Andrew Hafs, Department of Biology, Aquatic Biology Program