Appendix I Relative abundance (% of catch) and frequency of occurrence (% of sites) of north shore Lake Erie beach fishes. Feeding guilds (H: herbivore; D: detritivore; I: invertivore; O: omnivore; PL: planktivore; PI: piscivore) are identified in parentheses.
Spring / FallDay / Night / Day / Night
Common Name / Scientific Name / Rel. Abund. / Freq. Occur. / Rel. Abund. / Freq. Occur. / Rel. Abund. / Freq. Occur. / Rel. Abund. / Freq. Occur.
alewife (PL) / Alosa pseudoharengus / 0.00 / 0.0 / 0.00 / 0.0 / 1.32 / 37.5 / 0.10 / 12.5
banded killifish (I) / Fundulus diaphanous (Lesueur) / 0.01 / 6.5 / 0.00 / 0.0 / 0.32 / 20.8 / 0.53 / 16.7
black crappie (I) / Pomoxis nigromaculatus (Lesueur) / 0.00 / 0.0 / 0.00 / 0.0 / 0.01 / 4.2 / 0.06 / 12.5
blackchin shiner (I) / Notropis heterodon (Cope) / <0.01 / 3.2 / 0.00 / 0.0 / 0.01 / 4.2 / 0.00 / 0.0
bluegill (I) / Lepomis macrochirus Rafinesque / 0.01 / 6.5 / 0.00 / 0.0 / 0.17 / 33.3 / 0.45 / 45.8
bluntnose minnow (D) / Pimephales notatus (Rafinesque) / 0.02 / 9.7 / 0.00 / 0.0 / 0.13 / 25.0 / 0.06 / 8.3
brook silverside (I) / Labidesthes sicculus / 0.20 / 35.5 / 0.08 / 19.4 / 42.55 / 91.7 / 9.41 / 87.5
brown bullhead (O) / Ameiurus nebulosus (Lesueur) / 0.09 / 9.7 / 0.10 / 9.7 / 0.03 / 12.5 / 0.39 / 20.8
brown trout (I) / Salmo trutta / 0.00 / 0.0 / 0.00 / 0.0 / 0.01 / 4.2 / 0.00 / 0.0
channel catfish (O) / Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque) / <0.01 / 3.2 / 0.05 / 3.2 / 0.00 / 0.0 / 0.31 / 20.8
channel darter (I) / Percina copelandi / <0.01 / 6.5 / 0.00 / 0.0 / 0.06 / 8.3 / 0.69 / 16.7
common carp (D) / Cyprinus carpio / 0.01 / 0.0 / 0.01 / 3.2 / 0.00 / 0.0 / 0.04 / 8.3
emerald shiner (PL) / Notropis atherinoides / 68.34 / 96.8 / 79.11 / 100.0 / 36.18 / 100.0 / 38.82 / 100.0
fathead minnow (D) / Pimephales promelas Rafinesque / 0.00 / 0.0 / 0.01 / 3.2 / 0.00 / 0.0 / 0.00 / 0.0
freshwater drum (I) / Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque / 0.05 / 19.4 / 0.02 / 19.4 / 0.01 / 4.2 / 0.04 / 4.2
gizzard shad (H) / Dorosoma cepedianum (Lesueur) / <0.01 / 6.5 / 0.03 / 6.5 / 0.90 / 50.0 / 4.11 / 50.0
golden shiner (O) / Notemigonus crysoleucas (Mitchill) / 0.00 / 0.0 / 0.00 / 0.0 / 0.00 / 0.0 / 0.10 / 8.3
goldfish (D) / Carassius auratus / 0.02 / 0.0 / 0.03 / 9.7 / 0.01 / 4.2 / 0.08 / 4.2
green sunfish (I) / Lepomis cyanellus Rafinesque / 0.00 / 0.0 / 0.00 / 0.0 / 0.01 / 8.3 / 0.04 / 4.2
largemouth bass (P) / Micropterus salmoides (Lacepède) / 0.00 / 0.0 / 0.01 / 3.2 / 0.21 / 29.2 / 0.35 / 29.2
logperch (I) / Percina caprodes (Rafinesque) / 0.03 / 19.4 / 0.04 / 16.1 / 0.03 / 12.5 / 0.63 / 25.0
longnose dace (I) / Rhinichthys cataractae (Valenciennes) / 0.07 / 12.9 / 0.03 / 12.9 / 0.01 / 4.2 / 0.77 / 16.7
longnose gar (P) / Lepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus) / 0.00 / 0.0 / <0.01 / 3.2 / 0.00 / 0.0 / 0.00 / 0.0
mimic shiner (I) / Notropis volucellus / 14.42 / 80.6 / 0.42 / 25.8 / 5.82 / 62.5 / 5.07 / 37.5
mooneye (I) / Hiodon tergisus Lesueur / <0.01 / 3.2 / <0.01 / 3.2 / 0.00 / 0.0 / 0.04 / 4.2
Appendix 1 (con’t)
Spring / FallDay / Night / Day / Night
Common Name / Scientific Name / Rel. Abund. / Freq. Occur. / Rel. Abund. / Freq. Occur. / Rel. Abund. / Freq. Occur. / Rel. Abund. / Freq. Occur.
orangespotted sunfish (I) / Lepomis humilis / 0.00 / 0.0 / 0.00 / 0.0 / 0.01 / 8.3 / 0.00 / 0.0
pumpkinseed (I) / Lepomis gibbosus / 0.01 / 9.7 / 0.02 / 9.7 / 0.11 / 50.0 / 0.47 / 50.0
quillback (O) / Carpoides cyprinus / 0.00 / 0.0 / 0.08 / 29.0 / 0.07 / 4.2 / 0.71 / 16.7
rainbow smelt (I) / Osmerus mordax mordax / 0.03 / 19.4 / 0.05 / 25.8 / 0.24 / 41.7 / 1.57 / 33.3
rainbow trout (I) / Oncorhynchus mykiss / 0.00 / 0.0 / 0.01 / 6.5 / 0.00 / 0.0 / 0.00 / 0.0
rock bass (P) / Ambloplites rupestris (Rafinesque) / 0.01 / 12.9 / 0.06 / 12.9 / 0.08 / 20.8 / 0.90 / 29.2
round goby (I) / Neogobius melanostomus / 7.26 / 83.9 / 14.08 / 100.0 / 0.40 / 33.3 / 6.29 / 70.8
sand shiner (I) / Notropis stramineus (Cope) / 0.56 / 22.6 / 0.85 / 19.4 / 0.73 / 50.0 / 4.03 / 29.2
shorthead redhorse (I) / Moxostoma macrolepidotum (Lesueur) / 0.00 / 0.0 / 0.01 / 6.5 / 0.00 / 0.0 / 0.00 / 0.0
smallmouth bass (P) / Micropterus dolemieu Lacepède / <0.01 / 3.2 / 0.00 / 0.0 / 0.13 / 8.3 / 0.12 / 8.3
spotfin shiner (O) / Cyprinella spiloptera / 0.03 / 12.9 / 0.00 / 0.0 / 0.63 / 33.3 / 0.18 / 16.7
spottail shiner (I) / Notropis hudsonius / 7.10 / 71.0 / 2.62 / 96.8 / 8.98 / 87.5 / 14.95 / 58.3
trout-perch (I) / Percopsis omiscomaycus / 0.00 / 0.0 / 0.17 / 35.5 / 0.03 / 8.3 / 0.59 / 12.5
tubenose goby (I) / Proterorhinus marmoratus / 0.00 / 0.0 / 0.00 / 0.0 / 0.00 / 0.0 / 0.02 / 4.2
walleye (P) / Sander vitreus / 0.00 / 0.0 / <0.01 / 3.2 / 0.00 / 0.0 / 0.00 / 0.0
white bass (P) / Morone chrysops / 0.03 / 16.1 / 0.03 / 12.9 / 0.09 / 25.0 / 1.55 / 45.8
white perch (P) / Morone Americana / 1.42 / 58.1 / 1.85 / 90.3 / 0.66 / 58.3 / 6.52 / 83.3
yellow perch (I) / Perca flavescens (Mitchill) / 0.27 / 16.1 / 0.23 / 22.6 / 0.05 / 16.7 / 0.00 / 0.0
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