Food and Feeding Habits of Some Fishes in a Dredged Iowa Lake

Authors

Joseph H. Kutkuhn, Iowa State CollegeFollow

Document Type

Research

Abstract

In the last twenty years, the Iowa State Conservation Commission has dredged a number of shallow prairie lakes to enhance their recreational value. North Twin Lake, Calhoun County, was partially deepened by dredging in 1939. This lake, approximately 569 acres in area, now supports considerable boating, swimming, and fishing. In 1951 the Iowa Cooperative Fisheries Research Unit started a comparative study of the bottom fauna in the dredged and undredged portions of the lake. To determine the degree to which the various bottom organisms were being utilized as fish foods, the food habits of the more important fish species inhabiting North Twin Lake were investigated during the summers of 1953 and 1954.

Publication Date

1955

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

62

Issue

1

First Page

576

Last Page

588

Copyright

©1955 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Kutkuhn, Joseph H. (1955) "Food and Feeding Habits of Some Fishes in a Dredged Iowa Lake," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 62(1), 576-588.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol62/iss1/72