Status and assessment, research, and restoration needs for lake ...
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Figure 3: Summary of knowledge gaps <strong>for</strong> <strong>lake</strong> herring in the Great Lakes.<br />
Knowledge Gaps <strong>for</strong> Impediments to Lake Herring<br />
in the Great Lakes<br />
Impediment<br />
Habitat degradation-spaw ning<br />
Habitat degradation-egg incubation<br />
Habitat degradation-juvenile<br />
Habitat degradation-adult<br />
Contaminants<br />
Exploitation-commercial-direct<br />
Exploitation-commercial-bycatch<br />
Exploitation-recreational<br />
Non-native-fish-piscivores<br />
Non-native-fish-planktivores<br />
Non-native-fish-benthivores<br />
Non-native-fish-parasites<br />
Non-native-invertebrates-zooplankton<br />
Dreissenids<br />
Cormorants<br />
Native piscivores<br />
Native planktivores<br />
Native benthivores<br />
Native invertebrates<br />
Hybridization<br />
Loss of diversity<br />
Age distribution<br />
Sex-ratio<br />
Size <strong>and</strong> number of spaw ning stocks<br />
Spaw ning site fidelity<br />
Climate<br />
Score (15=total lack of knowledge)<br />
0 2 4 6 8 10<br />
15