Vertical Patterns in Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) Larval Drift within Two Rivers Directly Connected to Green Bay, Lake Michigan

Figure 2

Description of the vertical nets used to sample drifting larval lake sturgeon. Panel (a) shows the 4 nets shortly after construction with backwards facing skis and bridles, (b) provides a side view of a single vertical net with each of the 7 collection bags consisting of knotless 1.6 mm·mesh nylon (317.5 cm in length), (c) is a front view of the a vertical net which is 150 cm tall × 76 cm wide and partitioned into 7 individual sections each 20 cm tall (net 1 is at the bottom and net 7 is at the top, and (d) provides a visual comparison vertical net against a traditional bottom sampling D-frame net.