Otolith microchemistry and microstructure of age-0 silver carp for determining early-life environments and spawning periodicity in the Upper Mississippi River in 2016
In 2016, for the first time, an abundance of age-0 silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix)  were captured at several sites upstream of Lock and Dam 19 on the Upper Mississippi River near Keokuk, Iowa.  These data were collected in an attempt to determine the early life environments and frequency and timing of the …