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Haus, T.<\/strong> Effectiveness of walleye stocking in winter kill lakes. Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kunz, E.<\/strong> Largemouth bass diet changes through the summer in central Minnesota. Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boche, M.<\/strong> 2025. Microsatellites reveal the population genetic structure of yellow perch in Minnesota. Link<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hoover, B. <\/strong>2025. Growing degree days compared to growth of walleye and sauger from different systems. Link<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alsleben, J. <\/strong>2025. Comparison of hoop nets to trap nets in sampling panfish. Link<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Montoya Jr, H. <\/strong>2025. The growth of yellow perch in relation to environmental factors. Link<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cumberland, R. and R. Kuhlmann. <\/strong>2025. A sample of fish communities in beaver ponds of northern Minnesota. Link<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anderson, R.<\/strong> 2025. Size structure of black crappie and bluegill in northern, eastern, western, and southern Minnesota. Link<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Isakson, E. <\/strong>2025. Aquatic invertebrate populations in roadside wetlands in relation to water characteristics. Link<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sisneros-Martinez, S.<\/strong> 2025. Modeling wild rice bed health: a dual metric approach for bed strength and invasive impact. Link<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mellen, Z.<\/strong> 2025. Does depth affect zebra mussel length in Scalp Lake? Link<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bernu, Q.<\/strong> 2025. Size of age-0 Sander vitreus<\/em> pre and post Dreissena polymorpha<\/em> infestation on Brainerd and Bemidji area lakes. Link<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verbridge, C.<\/strong> 2025. Evaluating the condition of age-0 burbot in relation to diet. Link<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Strei, B.D. <\/strong> 2025. The effect of zebra mussels on Minnesota fish communities. Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Garcia, A.<\/strong> 2025. The relationship between plant density and microplastic concentration in the water in Lake Bemidji, MN. Link<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Romportl, T. <\/strong>2025. Relationship of utricle and trap door size on common bladderworts Utricularia macrorhiza<\/em>. Link<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Timm, A.<\/strong> 2024. Specific measurements of a yellow perch head compared to the total length. Link<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ohlenkamp, D.<\/strong> 2024. Relationship between fishing hours and number of fish harvested from Upper Red Lake. Link<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Groves, B.<\/strong> 2024. The effects of habitat characteristics and location on brook trout size distribution. Link<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Surma, A.<\/strong> 2024. The effect of Triaenophorus crassus<\/em> on the condition of Coregonus artedi.<\/em> Link<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Barker, A.<\/strong> 2024. Effect of walleye fry stocking on future gillnet CPUE. Link<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pattrin, M.A.<\/strong> 2024. Fillet weight comparison for bluegill, black crappie, and yellow perch. Link<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oslund, S.<\/strong> 2024. Relationship between northern pike and walleye CPUE in Minnesota lakes. Link<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hanley, L.<\/strong> 2024. The effects of length, weight, age, and gender on mercury concentrations in burbot in north-central Minnesota lakes. Link<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Short, B.J.<\/strong> 2024. A guide to otoliths of Minnesota fishes. Link<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anderson, C.D.<\/strong> 2024. Long term trends in mortality rates of a smallmouth bass population. Link<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peterson, W.J.<\/strong> 2023. Estimate of long-term phytoplankton biomass in Lake Bemidji. Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myers, C.M.<\/strong> 2023. Do channel catfish consume zebra mussels? Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pribyl, M.<\/strong> 2023. Effect of initial infestation of zebra mussels on freshwater drum diets in Red Lake, MN. Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mott, I.<\/strong> 2023. Effects of velocity and substrate size on the formation of zebra mussel druses. Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kvam, M.<\/strong> 2023. Have rusty crayfish affected the diets of yellow perch? Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zwiers, R.<\/strong> 2023. A diet comparison of bluegill and bluegill x pumpkinseed hybrids. Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Radaich, Q.L.<\/strong> 2022. The effects of diet on yellow perch morphology throughout Lake Bemidji. Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Severin, J.<\/strong> 2022. Changes in the Minnesota northern pike population over the past thirty years. Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hauser, A.<\/strong> 2022. Analysis of hematocrit levels in walleye Sander vitreus<\/em> from similar waterbodies. Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kehne, M.<\/strong> 2022. Zebra mussel length-weight relationships across various substrate types in Lake Bemidji. Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carr, M.<\/strong> 2021. Exploring the genetic variability of Zebra Mussels Dreisenna polymoprha.<\/em> Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sorensen, J.<\/strong> 2021. Effectiveness of endothall treatment in reducing Potamogeton crispus<\/em> in Lake Julia. Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oxley K.<\/strong> 2021. Abiotic factors effect on summertime fish sampling. Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gibson, M.<\/strong> 2021. Burbot post-spawn diet. Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beck, C.<\/strong> 2021. Comparing the condition of deformed and non-deformed Walleyes in Long Lake, MN. Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steinmetz, W.<\/strong> and C. Tembrock<\/strong>. 2021. Stress response of Largemouth and Smallmouth Bass: barbless hooks verses barbed hooks c & r. Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Holland, J.<\/strong> 2021. Predicting total length of fish in Minnesota lakes using bony structure dimensions. Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Laurich, J.<\/strong> 2021. Factors influencing aquatic invertebrate diversity in mine pit lakes along the Mesabi Iron Range. Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fink, K.<\/strong> 2021. Effects of salt runoff on aquatic macroinvertebrate colonies. Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taylor, A.<\/strong> 2021. Is there a relationship between aquatic vegetation and amphipod stocking mortality? Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daleiden, C.<\/strong> and S. Renner<\/strong>. 2020. Walleye Sander vitreus<\/em> visceral fat accumulation. Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sea, B.<\/strong> 2020. Using Northern Pike and Yellow Perch to attempt a trophic cascade. Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Collins, M.S.<\/strong> and A.M. Medina<\/strong>. 2019. Examining Black Bullhead Ameiurus melas<\/em> age and growth in shallow Minnesota lakes. Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mendel, J. <\/strong>2019. Goldeye Hidon alosoides<\/em> calorimetry in Red Lake. Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tangren, C.<\/strong> 2019. Effects of Rainbow Trout on Brook Trout population size in tributaries to Lake Superior in Cook County, Minnesota. Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miller, B.J.<\/strong> and B.D. Erb<\/strong>. 2019. Changes in Walleye fecundity and egg size before, during, and after rehabilitation of the Red Lakes fishery. Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wang, M.<\/strong> 2018. Hunter harvest effect on the breeding bird population of Northern Pintail Anas acuta<\/em> in North America. Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amundson, J.<\/strong> 2018. Age-0 Walleye growth rates following spiny water flea Bythotrephes longimanus<\/em> invasion. Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coyle, C.<\/strong> 2018. Seasonal fluctuations of zooplankton, dissolved oxygen, and temperature in Lake Bemidji, Minnesota. Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Morey, K.<\/strong> and E. Larson<\/strong>. 2018. Growth rate and hatch date of age-0 fishes on Leech Lake, Minnesota before Zebra Mussel establishment. Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weidenborner, H.<\/strong> and J. Janecek<\/strong>. 2018. Burbot activity in relation to light penetration on Lake Bemidji, MN. Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Henry, R.<\/strong> 2017. Effect of abiotic factors on Bluegill size structure in nine central Minnesota lakes. Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Knutson, C.<\/strong> 2017. Influence of time spent in captivity on aggressive behaviors of gray wolves Canis lupus.<\/em> Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lamb, W.<\/strong> 2017. Minnesota fish taxonomic key. Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peterson, S.J.<\/strong> 2017. Burbot growth rates in a northern mesotrophic lake. Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Robinson, T.<\/strong> 2017. Effects of catch-and-release angling on egg densities in Largemouth Bass nests. Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuckett, D.<\/strong> 2017. Relationship between zooplankton and Walleye rearing pond success. Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Varela, W.<\/strong> and Z. Buckley<\/strong>. 2017. Redd habitat selection for Brook Trout in the Necktie River Bemidji, MN. Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oswald, P.<\/strong> 2016. Survival of Walleye eggs in Upper Red Lake and the Tamarac River. Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evans, M.<\/strong> 2015. Using Wild I.D. as a reliable source for mark and recapture studies on Northern Pike (Esox lucius<\/em>). Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

DuFault, D.<\/strong> 2015. Abiotic habitat preferences of age-0 Paddlefish in Lake Sakakawea, North Dakota during late summer. Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Klingsheim, B.J.<\/strong> 2015. Influence of depth and retrieval speed on Yellow Perch barotrauma recovery time in winter. Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Orgon, T.<\/strong> 2015. Juvenile Chinook Salmon diet in comparison to invertebrate drift in the Merced River, California. Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spurbeck, A.<\/strong> 2015. Effects of cooler northern waters on growth rates in Bluegill and Pumpkinseed Sunfish. Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stott, N.<\/strong> 2015. Spatial and temporal factors influencing Northern Pike fry density estimates. Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zentner, D.<\/strong> 2015. A genetic based approach to management and stocking of Muskellunge. Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zentner, D.<\/strong> 2015. Assessing the contributions of two stocked strains on a Minnesota-Wisconsin border water. Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carrow, R.<\/strong> 2014. The effects of angling pressure on Northern Pike size structure. Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Longtin, K.<\/strong> 2014. Changing body condition in Walleye with reference to ideal sample size requirements. Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oldenburg, C.<\/strong> 2014. Winter survival strategies of benthic invertebrates in temporary habitats in a northern Minnesota lake. Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Powers, E.<\/strong> 2014. Defining the physiochemical, biological and habitat requirements for the upper extant of Oncorhynchus mykiss<\/em> distribution. Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Swenson, B.C.<\/strong> 2014. Effects of river current inflow on dissolved oxygen and temperature of refuge zones for Cisco in Lake Bemidji. Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

VanderWeyst, D.<\/strong> 2014. The effect of barometric pressure on feeding activity of Yellow Perch. Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vaske, M.<\/strong> 2014. Use of cast nets and seine hauls to estimate abundance of age-0 Yellow Perch. Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Skoog, M.L.<\/strong> 2013. Brown Trout spawning location and relationship to suitable winter habitat. Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wilson, A.<\/strong> 2013. White Bass assessment in regards to changes in water level on Lake Traverse. Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Puttonen, E.A.<\/strong> 2013 Comparison of a length size limit of northern pike population on two lakes in north central MN. Link<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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