Effect of High Winds on Eggs of Yellow Perch, Perca flavescens, in Oneida Lake, New York

Abstract

Abstract As a result of one day of high winds, large quantities of eggs of yellow perch, Perca flavescens, were washed ashore at a number of locations in the windward shoreline of Oneida Lake. A single large windrow, just downwind from a major spawning area, contained almost one percent of the estimated egg potential of the lake's perch population. Damage to the dislodged egg masses appeared most severe in areas with rubble bottoms.