Perch yellow

Example of a Prey-Fish Indicator Yellow Perch Analyses of total mercnry in whole bodies or axial muscle tissue of age-1 yellow perch have provided a useful measure of MeHg concentrations in food webs of many North American lakes. This widely distributed species inhabits lakes and reservoirs across mnch of the north-central, northeastern, and eastern United States and across the central and eastern provinces of Canada (Scott and Crossman 1973 Becker 1983). An ecologically similar congeneric species, the Eurasian perch Perea fluvi-atilis), is distribnted across much of Europe and northern Asia (Thorpe 1977). 

Cope WG, Wiener JG, Rada RG. 1990. Mercury accumulation in yellow perch in Wisconsin seepage lakes relation to lake characteristics. Environ Toxicol Chem 9 931-940. 

Hammerschmidt CR, Wiener JG, Frazier BE, Rada RG. 1999. Methylmercury content of eggs in yellow perch related to maternal exposure in four Wisconsin lakes. Environ Sci Technol 33 999-1003. 

Roseman EF, Mills EL, Forney JL, Rudstam LG. 1996. Evaluation of competition between age-0 yellow perch (Perea flavescens) and gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum) in Oneida Lake, New York. Can J Fish Aquat Sci 53 865-874. 

Simonin HA, Gloss SP, DiiscoU CT, Schofield CL, Kretser WA, Karcher RW, Symula J. 1994. Mercury in yellow perch fromAdirondack drainage lakes (New York, U.S.). In Watras CJ, Huckabee JW, editors. Mercury pollution integration and synthesis. Boca Raton (FL) Lewis Pubhshers, p. 457-469. 

Sorensen JA, KaUemeyn LW, Sydor M. 2005. Relationship between mercury accumulation in young-of-the-year yellow perch and water-level fluctuations. Environ Sci Technol 39 9237-9243. 

Suns K, Hitchin G. 1990. Interrelationships between mercury levels in yearling yellow perch, fish condition and water quality. Water Air Soil PoUut 50 255-265. 

Glycogen storing Liver Yellow perch No Increased Hontela et al. 

Hontela A, Dumont P, Duclos D, Fortin R. 1995. Endocrine and metabolic dysfunction in yellow perch, Perea flavescens, exposed to organic contaminants and heavy metals in the St. Lawrence River. Environ Toxicol Chem 14 725-731. 

Yellow perch, Perea flavescens Michigan 1993 Torch Lake (34 pg Cu/L) vs. reference site (10 pg Cu/L) Ovaries Testes... 

Ellenberger, S.A., PC. Baumann, and T.W. May. 1994. Evaluation of effects caused by high copper concentrations in Torch Lake, Michigan, on reproduction of yellow perch. Jour. Great Lakes Res. 20 531-536. Elsenhans, B., W. Forth, and E. Richter. 1991. Increased copper concentrations in rat tissues after acute intoxication with 2, 3, 7, 8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin. Arch. Toxicol. 65 429-432. 

Yellow perch, Perea flavescens, yearlings, whole Snapper, Chrysophrys auratus, muscle, Sydney, Australia vs. Nowra, Australia, 1976 0.01-0.6 FW 81... 

Parks, J.W., C. Curry, D. Romani, and D.D. Russell. 1991. Young northern pike, yellow perch and crayfish as bioindicators in a mercury contaminated watercourse. Environ. Monitor. Assess. 16 39-73. 

Yellow perch, Perea flavescens-, white bass, <9.1 DW 76... 

Kleeman, J.M., J.R. Olson, S.M. Chen, and R.E. Peterson. 1986b. 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin metabolism and disposition in yellow perch. Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol. 83 402 A41. 

Lake Paijanne (estimated 137Cs Chernobyl loading of 20,000 Bq/m2) 137Cs whole fish three species (northern pike, Esox lucius] yellow perch, Perea flavescens roach, Rutilus rutilus) 1986 pre-Chernobyl vs. post-Chernobyl 580 FW vs. 1250 FW 6... 

Driscoll et al. (1994) have studied the mercury species relationships among water, sediments, and fish (yellow perch) in a series of Adirondack lakes in New York state, USA. In most lakes, approximately 10% of the total mercury loading was in the form of C2HsHg+. Mercury concentrations increased as pH fell, but the best correlation was found between [dissolved Al] and [dissolved Hg] suggesting that the same factors are responsible for mobilizing both these metals. Methylmercury concentrations correlated strongly with the dissolved organic carbon content in the water. Fish muscle tissue was analyzed for mercury and showed an increase with age. However, the study was unable to resolve the question of whether the principal source of mercury to these lakes was atmospheric deposition or dissolution from bedrock due to acid rains. 

LC50 (24-h) for rainbow trout 850 pg/L, brown trout 842 pg/L, lake trout 164 pg/L, fathead minnow 883-2,240 pg/L, channel catfish 372 pg/L, bluegill sunfish 101 pg/L, yellow perch 407.50 pg/L (Mayer and Ellersieck, 1986). 

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