Temperature Selection by Juvenile Striped Bass in Laboratory and Field

Juvenile striped bass Morone saxatilis, 80–300 mm in total length and acclimated to 22–24 C, generally selected temperatures in the range 24–27 C during spring and summer in laboratory horizontal temperature gradients and electronic shuttleboxes and in exploratory telemetry trials at a freshwater quarry lake. During autumn, preferred temperatures in laboratory gradients declined to 20–25 C.