Editing Perch (section)

==Habitats==

Perch are classified as [[carnivore]]s, choosing waters where smaller fish, [[shellfish]], zooplankton, and insect [[larva]]e are abundant.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Amundsen |first1=Per-Arne |last2=Bøhn |first2=Thomas |last3=Popova |first3=Olga A. |last4=Staldvik |first4=Frode J. |last5=Reshetnikov |first5=Yuri S. |last6=Kashulin |first6=Nikolay A. |last7=Lukin |first7=Anatoly A. |date=2003-05-01 |title=Ontogenetic niche shifts and resource partitioning in a subarctic piscivore fish guild |url=https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1025465705717 |journal=Hydrobiologia |language=en |volume=497 |issue=1 |pages=109–119 |doi=10.1023/A:1025465705717 |issn=1573-5117|hdl=10037/19124 |hdl-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Höhne |first1=Leander |last2=Palmer |first2=Miquel |last3=Monk |first3=Christopher T. |last4=Matern |first4=Sven |last5=Nikolaus |first5=Robert |last6=Trudeau |first6=Ashley |last7=Arlinghaus |first7=Robert |date=2020-02-07 |title=Environmental determinants of perch ( Perca fluviatilis ) growth in gravel pit lakes and the relative performance of simple versus complex ecological predictors |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/eff.12532 |journal=Ecology of Freshwater Fish |language=en |volume=29 |issue=4 |pages=557–573 |doi=10.1111/eff.12532 |issn=0906-6691|hdl=10261/226087 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> The yellow perch can be found in the central parts of the United States in freshwater ponds, lakes, streams, or rivers. These fish can be found in freshwater all over the world, and are known to inhabit the [[Great Lakes|Great Lake]] region, in particular [[Lake Erie]]. These fish inhabit bodies of water where vegetation and debris is readily accessible.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Hargeby |first1=Anders |last2=Blom |first2=Henrik |last3=Blindow |first3=Irmgard |last4=Andersson |first4=Gunnar |date=2005-09-23 |title=Increased growth and recruitment of piscivorous perch, Perca fluviatilis , during a transient phase of expanding submerged vegetation in a shallow lake |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2427.2005.01446.x |journal=Freshwater Biology |language=en |volume=50 |issue=12 |pages=2053–2062 |doi=10.1111/j.1365-2427.2005.01446.x |issn=0046-5070|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Diehl |first=Sebastian |date=1988 |title=Foraging Efficiency of Three Freshwater Fishes: Effects of Structural Complexity and Light |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3566064 |journal=Oikos |volume=53 |issue=2 |pages=207–214 |doi=10.2307/3566064 |jstor=3566064 |issn=0030-1299|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Persson |first1=Lennart |last2=Eklov |first2=Peter |date=1995-01-01 |title=Prey Refuges Affecting Interactions Between Piscivorous Perch and Juvenile Perch and Roach |url=https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.2307/1940632 |journal=Ecology |language=en |volume=76 |issue=1 |pages=70–81 |doi=10.2307/1940632 |jstor=1940632 |issn=0012-9658|url-access=subscription }}</ref> In the spring when the perch chooses to [[Spawn (biology)|spawn]], they use vegetation to conceal their eggs from predators.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Pringle |first=Robert M. |date=2005-09-01 |title=The Origins of the Nile Perch in Lake Victoria |journal=BioScience |volume=55 |issue=9 |pages=780–787 |doi=10.1641/0006-3568(2005)055[0780:TOOTNP]2.0.CO;2 |s2cid=13720490 |issn=0006-3568|doi-access=free }}</ref>