Resource-use, body condition and parasite load metrics indicate contrasting health of stocked and native game fishes in Canadian prairie lakes.

Agriculture & Biology

• game fish 95%
• Perca flavescens 85%
• parasite load 80%
• prairies 68%
• Esox lucius 66%
• lakes 50%
• Sander vitreus 35%
• forage fish 32%
• Sander lucioperca 17%
• sport fishing 16%
• predator avoidance 15%
• carbon isotopes 14%
• fish 14%
• Cestoda 13%
• stable isotopes 12%
• climate change 10%
• digestive system 10%
• salinity 9%
• parasites 8%
• carbon 8%
• environmental factors 7%
• gender 7%
• energy 7%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• parasite intensity 100%
• prairie 65%
• health 42%
• fish 36%
• lake 35%
• forage 19%
• index 8%
• parasite 8%
• carbon isotope 8%
• predator 7%
• stable isotope 7%
• fishery 7%
• salinity 6%
• climate change 5%