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The distribution and growth of 0+ Eurasian perch were studied for two years in two shallow lacustrine habitats. Eleutheroembryos were rapidly dispersed from inshore spawning areas to open water. The planktonic larval period was followed by the inshore migration of metamorphosed 0+ perch. Some juveniles remained in shallow water through the summer and all moved offshore in autumn. Growth in length was linear from hatching through the summer but declined and tended to an asymptote from September. Two stanzas were identified for growth in weight, one for the ten days following hatching and the other for the remainder of the first summer. The first stanza coincided with largely endogenous nutrition and limited initial feeding on small zooplankters and the second commenced with intense feeding on zooplankton.
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Treasurer, J.W. The distribution and growth of lacustrine 0+ perch,Perca fluviatilis . Environ Biol Fish 21, 37–44 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02984441
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