Null models confirm nest site fidelity by male smallmouth bass, Micropterus dolomieu

BMC Zoology

Table 1 Descriptive data for parental male smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) in Pallette Lake (Wisconsin, USA) from 2001–2009. Nests indicates the total number of nests in which fertilized eggs were found. Unique Males is the Total number of unique males captured from nests; Number of Nests indicates how many of these males spawned multiple times and were captured from 1, 2 or 3 nests in a year.* Repeat Breeders provides similar information on the subset of unique males that bred in the next year

^aThe numbers under the 1, 2 and 3 headers when summed equal the Total. In 2001, for instance, 140 of the 152 total unique males were each captured from one nest, 12 males spawned twice and were captured from two nests and no males spawned three times so the total number of captures was 140(1)+12(2)+0(3)=164

ISSN: 2056-3132