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Culture Technology of Walleye #1

Duration:
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(funded project 1)

Description

The first Walleye Funded Project - Chaired by Bob Summerfelt

Objectives:

  1. To develop baseline information on the mechanisms regulating the natural reproductive cycle of wild and pond-held walleye by characterizing seasonal changes in hormone titers and gonadal histology--Characterization of the natural reproductive cycle.
  2. Evaluate zooplankton seeding and clam shrimp control strategies for pond culture of walleye fingerlings.
  3. Determine the etiology of non-inflation of the gas bladder in intensively cultured walleye fry.

Participants:

Principal Investigator/InstitutionObjectivesFunding
Robert J. Sheehan/Bruce L. Tetzlaff (Southern Illinois University-Carbondale)      1$32,920
Frederick W. Goetz, Jr. (Notre Dame University)      1$323
Robert C. Summerfelt (Iowa State University)   2 & 3$81,426
Thomas G. Bell/Allan L. Trapp (Michigan State University)      3$13,198
Anne R. Kapuscinski (University of Minnesota)      1$9,844
Terrence B. Kayes/Jeffrey A. Malison (University of Wisconsin-Madison)      1$39,806
 Total$177,517

Project Outline (212K pdf file)

Termination Report  (121K pdf file)

Other Resources:

Project Number: 1

Award Amount

$177517.00

Award Number

89-38500-4319