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

Figure 8

Total length of larval lake sturgeon captured in vertical net sections 1–4 for the four vertical nets deployed during the drift period in the Oconto River in 2013. Box plots illustrate the median and interquartile ranges with larval length data points within each net type presented as jittered grey dots. Larvae were measured to the nearest mm using a standard ruler in the field (catch and release). Nets were deployed in equal spacing across the cross section of the river with nets 2 and 3 sampling the center of the river channel. Net section 1 was the net bottom, and net section 4 was at the water surface.