Goodyear, C.D. and Edsall, T.A. and Ormsky Depsey, D. M. and Moss, G.D. and Polanski, P.E. (1982) Atlas of the spawning and nursery areas of great lakes fishes.
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| Species | Development state | Trait | Primary Data | Secondary Data |
| Carassius auratus | Egg | Egg adhesiveness | Eggs adhere to substrate, usually vegetation at spawning site | Adhesive |
| Carassius auratus | Egg | Incubation time | Eggs hatch in 2-1/2 to 7 days at 82-60°F | 1.5 days |
| Carassius auratus | Spawning conditions | Spawning migration distance | Move inshore short distances into littoral areas or tributaries beginning at about 45°F | 45.0 km |
| Carassius auratus | Spawning conditions | Spawning migration period | Move inshore short distances into littoral areas or tributaries beginning at about 45°F | No data |
| Carassius auratus | Spawning conditions | Spawning season | Mid-April to Mid-August, usually May-June | ['April', 'May', 'June', 'July', 'August'] |
| Carassius auratus | Spawning conditions | Spawning temperature | Beginning at about 55°F; spawning may continue throughout the summer if water temperature remains above 60°F | 55.0 °C |
| Carassius auratus | Spawning conditions | Spawning water type | Current-free areas in lower reaches of rivers, bays, harbors, lagoons, marshes, and flooded lowlands | Flowing or turbulent water |
| Carassius auratus | Spawning conditions | Spawning depth | 2-12 feet | 7.0 m |
| Carassius auratus | Spawning conditions | Spawning substrate | Eggs are scattered over thick vegetation and mud, sand, clay, or gravel; also deposited on undersides of boats and harbor pilings | Lithophils |
| Cyprinus carpio | Egg | Egg adhesiveness | Adhesive eggs incubate on firm susbtrate including plants, dead grass, tree roots, stones, and Cladophora fronds (thalli) | Adhesive |
| Cyprinus carpio | Egg | Incubation time | Eggs hatch in 1-3 weeks | 2.0 days |
| Cyprinus carpio | Larvae | Larvae behaviour | Prolarvae settle to bottom immediatly after hatching and attach to plants or other objects; fry tend to leave spawning areas about 2 weeks after hatching but remain along shore among vegetation through summer | Demersal |
| Cyprinus carpio | Spawning conditions | Spawning migration distance | Move from littoral waters into marshes beginning in April or early May at about 45°F; also ascend tributaries, usually only short distances, but sometimes as far as 10-15 mi | 12.5 km |
| Cyprinus carpio | Spawning conditions | Spawning season | May-August at 52-90°F; peak spawning occurs in late Mat-early June at 65-73°F; spawning may extend throughout summer subject to interruption by cool weather | ['May', 'June', 'July', 'August', 'September'] |
| Cyprinus carpio | Spawning conditions | Spawning water type | Protected areas of lakes and rivers, including bays, harbors, marshes, sloughs, flooded shorelines, and river mouths; also on shoals and reefs | Stagnant water |
| Cyprinus carpio | Spawning conditions | Spawning depth | To 20 Ft, but usually less than 3 feet, and often 3 inches-1 feet | 20.0 m |
| Cyprinus carpio | Spawning conditions | Spawning substrate | Eggs are broadcast at random near the surface over mud, muck, silt, sand, matted roots or dead grass, and abundant emergent, submergent, and floating vegetation; also over gravel, rock and rubble | Lithophils |
| Cyprinus carpio | Spawning conditions | Parity | Disperse after spawning but remain in shallows throughout the summer; | No category |
| Esox masquinongy | Egg | Egg adhesiveness | Eggs incubate on vegetation and debris at spawning site | Non-Adhesive |
| Esox masquinongy | Egg | Incubation time | 8-15 days at 50-62°F | 11.5 days |
| Esox masquinongy | Larvae | Larvae behaviour | Prolarvae remain among vegetation for about 10 days | Demersal |
| Esox masquinongy | Spawning conditions | Spawning migration period | Make estensive migrations into tributaries, often to the headwaters, or to lake shallows, when the water temperature rises to 42°F, following ice breakup | No data |
| Esox masquinongy | Spawning conditions | Spawning season | Late March-June, but usually May and June | ['March', 'May', 'June'] |
| Esox masquinongy | Spawning conditions | Spawning temperature | At 46-65°F, 8-18°C | 55.5 °C |
| Esox masquinongy | Spawning conditions | Spawning water type | Protected bays, harbors, marshes, stream mouths, feeder streams, and flooded lowlands; also in current-swept areas at edges of channels | Flowing or turbulent water |
| Esox masquinongy | Spawning conditions | Spawning depth | 6 inches 15 feet, usually less than 3 feet | 6.0 m |
| Esox masquinongy | Spawning conditions | Spawning substrate | Over mud, muck, clay, or sand with decayed vegetation and woody debris, including brush, logs and stumps | Psammophils |
| Esox masquinongy | Spawning conditions | Spawning site preparation | Eggs are scattered | Open water/substratum scatter |
| Esox masquinongy | Spawning conditions | Parity | Males return to lake when water temperatures reaches about 60°F; females remain in river channels several weeks and return to lake in mid-August | Iteroparous |
| Esox lucius | Egg | Egg adhesiveness | Eggs adhere to vegetation or debris at spawning site | Adhesive |
| Esox lucius | Egg | Incubation time | Eggs hatch in 1-3-1/2 weeks, usually in 10-18 days at 52-42°F | 2.0 days |
| Esox lucius | Larvae | Larvae behaviour | Prolarvae remain in attached to vegetation at spawning site for 5-10 days | Demersal |
| Esox lucius | Spawning conditions | Spawning migration period | Migrate from deeper water to littoral areas or into tributaries at time of ice breakup, beginning at about 33-40°F; may begin to congregate at river mouths in late February before ice breakup | ['February'] |
| Esox lucius | Spawning conditions | Spawning season | Usually late March-late April at 40-50°F | ['March', 'April'] |
| Esox lucius | Spawning conditions | Spawning period duration | A period of 10-24 days | 17.0 weeks |
| Esox lucius | Spawning conditions | Spawning temperature | Usually late March-late April at 40-50°F | 45.0 °C |
| Esox lucius | Spawning conditions | Spawning water type | Areas with sluggish water current, including shore line weeds beds and marshes, sloughs, bays and harbors, river mouths, ditches, feeder streams, and temporarily flooded lowlands | Stagnant water |
| Esox lucius | Spawning conditions | Spawning depth | To 24 feet, but usually less than 6 feet and often less than 2 feet | 24.0 m |
| Esox lucius | Spawning conditions | Spawning substrate | Eggsare scattered over soft bottom, with abundant emergent and submergent vegetation; may also spawn over gravel and rock | Lithophils |
| Esox lucius | Spawning conditions | Spawning site preparation | Eggs are scattered | Open water/substratum scatter |
| Esox lucius | Spawning conditions | Parity | Return to lake after spawning | Iteroparous |
| Ambloplites rupestris | Egg | Egg Buoyancy | Incubate on rootlets or venegation in nest | No category |
| Ambloplites rupestris | Egg | Egg adhesiveness | Adhesive eggs incubate on rootlets or venegation in nest | Adhesive |
| Ambloplites rupestris | Egg | Incubation time | 3-4 days at 69-70°F or 10-12 days at 60°F | 3.5 days |
| Ambloplites rupestris | Egg | Degree-days for incubation | 3-4 days at 69-70°F or 10-12 days at 60°F | 3.5 °C * day |
| Ambloplites rupestris | Larvae | Larvae behaviour | Prolarvae remain in nest 2-3 days | Demersal |
| Ambloplites rupestris | Spawning conditions | Spawning migration distance | Often move many males along shore to rech bays and creek mouths; stream residents congregate in pools just before spawning | No data |
| Ambloplites rupestris | Spawning conditions | Spawning migration period | Move inshore beginning at 55°F | No data |
| Ambloplites rupestris | Spawning conditions | Spawning season | April-early August, usually late May-June | ['April', 'May', 'June', 'August'] |
| Ambloplites rupestris | Spawning conditions | Spawning temperature | At 57-75°F, i.e., 14-24°C | 66.0 °C |
| Ambloplites rupestris | Spawning conditions | Spawning water type | Sheltered nearshore areas, including bays, harbors, lagoons, marshes, creek mouths, and lower reaches of tributaries; current-swept lake shoals and ledges; moderateswift water in streams; | Stagnant water |
| Ambloplites rupestris | Spawning conditions | Spawning depth | To 20 feet, usually less than 6 feet | 20.0 m |
| Ambloplites rupestris | Spawning conditions | Spawning substrate | Gravel, rock, sand, clay, marl or vegetation to expose fibrous plant roolets | Lithophils |
| Ambloplites rupestris | Spawning conditions | Spawning site preparation | Eggs are deposited in shallow depression excavated | Susbtrate chooser |
| Ambloplites rupestris | Spawning conditions | Parity | Lake residents than return to lake | Iteroparous |
| Ambloplites rupestris | Spawning conditions | Parental care | Male guards nest and newly hatched fry | Male parental care |
| Micropterus dolomieui | Egg | Egg adhesiveness | Eggs adhere to stones, short stems, or roots on bottom of nest | Adhesive |
| Micropterus dolomieui | Egg | Incubation time | Eggs hatch in 2-15 days at 70-55°F | 8.5 days |
| Micropterus dolomieui | Egg | Temperature for incubation | 55-70°F | 62.5 °C |
| Micropterus dolomieui | Larvae | Larvae behaviour | Fry gradually disperse from nest when 1-2 weeks old and are then found along edges of vegetation beds | Demersal |
| Micropterus dolomieui | Spawning conditions | Spawning migration period | Migrate inshore and enter bays and tributaries; movement begins when water temperature rises above 40°F; peak movement occurs at 55°F | No data |
| Micropterus dolomieui | Spawning conditions | Spawning season | A period of 6-10 days in March to mid-August, usually May-July | ['March', 'April', 'May', 'June', 'July', 'August'] |
| Micropterus dolomieui |