ESOX Biological Research

COMFORT ZONE GENERAL

• http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/water/fhp/fish/musky/factsheet/msk1.htm
  Wisconsin DNR information about the Muskellunge.
• http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/water/fhp/fish/musky/index.htm
  Another link courtesy of the Wisconsin DNR information about the Muskellunge.

• http://www.fao.org/docrep/X5738E/x5738e03.htm
  A good general overview of metabolism in animals.
  

GENERAL

• http://www.csuchico.edu/~pmaslin/ichthy/Snsry.html
  The Sensory World of Fishes.
• www.milwaukee-muskies-inc.org/strike_feeding_behaviour.pdf1.pdf
  This is a John New paper that summarizes the experiments conducted on MUSKIES. Focuses on strike feeding behavior.
• http://afs.allenpress.com/afsonline/?request=index-html
  Link to American Fisheries Society homepage where you can search archived journals for papers on fish behavior, feeding habits, management practices and an unlimited number of fish related topics. Without a subscription, however, you will be limited to viewing abstracts only of the papers.
• http://jeb.biologists.org/
  Link to the homepage for the Journal of Experimental Biology. This site has a powerful search feature that enables you to download PDF files of some of the most exciting research studies conducted on muskies and other gamefish. Try searching with key words such as lateral line, sensory system, predator, strike behavior, etc. to find detailed technical papers providing insight through scientific evidence how fish react to certain stimuli and effectively capture prey. What you find here will forever change the way you view your own fishing habits. These papers are the heart and soul behind many of the techniques and products from Esox Research Company.
  
• http://www.parmly.luc.edu/parmly/faculty.html
  Here is a link to the faculty page for the Parmly Hearing Institute. It includes links to many of the professors' conduction of research on fish. Their work demonstrates how fish use many different senses to survive. Much of this research has been applied towards developing the innovative fishing techniques and tackle from Esox Research Company.
  
• http://www1.luc.edu/publications/loyolamag/fall2000/neuro.htm
  This a link to a quick excerpt to help understand neuroscience sponsored by Loyola University.
  
• http://www.geocities.com/aquarium_fish/how_do_fish_sense.htm
  A nicely written summary of fish senses and links to other interesting information about fish in general.
  
• http://redbaron.bishops.ntc.nf.ca/wells/vfish/projects/nervous/SENSES.html
  This is a good link that provides an overview of fish senses.
  
• www.thecontentwell.com/Fish_Game/Northern_Pike/Pike_index.html
  Good site with links to general overviews of Musky/Pike senses, spawning, feeding behavior, habitat, and threats to populations. Excellent images accompany these articles.
  
• http://www.thecontentwell.com/Fish_Game/Northern_Pike/Pike_index.html
  This is a good sight for learning about a muskie's senses.
  
  HEARING
• http://www.zi.ku.dk/zi/bioacoustics/homepage.html
  Link to Bioacoustics homepage, the only international peer-reviewed journal devoted to the study and recording of animal sounds. Resources for understanding how fish utilize, perceive, and identify sounds.
  
• http://www.life.umd.edu/biology/popperlab/index.html
  Link to Popper Lab Aquatic Bioacoustics Laboratory in the Department of Biology, University of Maryland College Park. Great resources for information explaining how fish respond to sound.
  
• http://www.fish-guide.com/Introduction/Technical%20Overview/TechnEngl_Oct2000.html
  Here is a link to Fish Guidance Systems. This is a company doing research on how fish behavior can be controlled through the use of sound. Their research may provide insight as to whether rattles are an effective feature in our lures. At the very least, it demonstrates that certain sounds repel fish.
  
• http://www.fish-guide.com/Introduction/About%20FGS/AboutEngl_Oct2000.html
  Initial research focused on the problem of using sound to guide fish in a controlled manner by looking at the way that fish hear, the frequency range that they hear over, the sort of sounds that are repellent and harmless to fish, the form of the sound field that fish react to best underwater, and the level of sound which will cause a reaction. (Rattles may repel fish)
  
  LATERAL LINE (TOUCH)
• http://parmly-2.ls.luc.edu/parmly/coombs.html
  A link to the research of Sheryl Coombs, Professor of Hearing Sciences at Parmly Hearing Research Institute, which contains some video clips demonstrating how fish utilize the lateral line sensory system to capture prey.
  
• http://www.sbs.auckland.ac.nz/people/staff/montgomery/index.htm
  This is a link to the website of John Montgomery, a PHD that has dedicated most of his studies towards understanding the mechanosensory lateral line features in fish. Understanding how the lateral line influences fish behavior is truly the next revolution in the sport of angling.
  
• http://www.parmly.luc.edu/parmly/lat_line_behav_demo.html
  Source Imaging by the Lateral Line System of Fish. By Sheryl Coombs and Ruth Conley.
  
  SIGHT
• www.trentu.ca/muskie/biology/biol07.html
  Technical introduction to muskellunge vision and its importance in relation to feeding behaviors
  
• http://www.hawaii.edu/loseylab/coping.htm
  Losey Lab Research: Coping with UV
• http://www.punaridge.org/doc/factoids/Default.htm
  
• http://www.seafriends.org.nz/phgraph/water.htm
  
• http://members.aol.com/dsusdive/page77.htm
  
• http://www.aquacolor.com/Smptestrt.htm
  
• http://www.aquacolor.com/Tech.htm
  
• http://www.aquacolor.com/kim.htm
  
• http://www.adventuredives.com/phototer.htm
  
• http://www.unk.edu/acad/biology/hoback/bio407/407lecture5.html
  
• http://www.dartmouth.edu/~etrnsfer/water.htm
  
• http://webexhibits.org/causesofcolor/5B.html
  
• http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pcourty/english.htm
  
• http://www.at-sea.org/missions/biomedical/051000/dispatch.html
  
• http://www.sbu.ac.uk/water/vibrat.html
  
• http://www.serc.si.edu/water_quality/water_quality_html/water
  All good sites explaining how color appears under water.
• http://www.trentu.ca/muskie/biology/biol07.html
  Muskellunge color perception.
  
• http://www.schools.net.au/edu/lesson_ideas/optics/optics_wksht4_p1.html
  Review of fish reactions to differing light levels.
  
• http://www.iitp.ru/projects/posters/cornea/
  Interesting research regarding the structure/biology of fishes' eyes.
  
  
  
  SMELL
• http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/authors/bruno05.htm
  Fish Olfaction (Smell)
  
  TASTE

• http://www.trentu.ca/muskie/biology/biol02.html
  How to Sex Your Musky
  

• http://www.awod.com/gallery/probono/isi/fish_swm.htm
  How a fish swims. Notice the "pressure drag" and "vortex drag" that a living fish produces
• http://members.aol.com/stripedhos/striped.htm - Learn about animal camoflage
• http://www.greenwing.org/teachersguide/fall00activity/fall00ma.html - Camoflage basics
• http://www.lifesciences.napier.ac.uk/courses/modules/BI22201/L7.HTM - Predator defense strategies.
• http://www.aquariacentral.com/articles/school.shtml - Can schooling baitfish indicate the presence of muskies?

• http://www.bio.davidson.edu/Courses/anphys/2000/Martin/Martin.htm
  The physiology of the swim bladder in fish
  
• http://www.unb.ca/courses/biol4775/SPAGES/SPAGE22.HTM#Physostomous%20Fish
  General information about swim bladders in fish