Conceptual model illustrating how hatching phenology affects recruitment dynamics across life stages for yellow perch and bluegill (developed from top AIC_c models–Tables 1 and 2).

<p>Dots represent the start of hatching and arrow lengths represent duration of hatch. Top panels describe life stages with high recruitment variability and bottom panels describe the life stage where recruitment variability has diminished. White backgrounds indicate large abundances during these life stages whereas gray backgrounds indicate small abundances during these life stages.</p

Yellow perch and bluegill earliest (left bracket), latest (right bracket), and peak (box) hatch dates (Julian dates) collected from Pelican Lake, Nebraska, USA from 2004 through 2012.

<p>See <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0164980#sec002" target="_blank">methods</a> for more details.</p

Yellow perch life stage indices and relationships collected from Pelican Lake, Nebraska, USA from 2004 through 2013.

<p>Yellow perch life stage indices and relationships collected from Pelican Lake, Nebraska, USA from 2004 through 2013.</p

An overview of hatching distributions for larval yellow perch collected from Pelican Lake, Nebraska, USA from 2004 through 2012.

<p>Hatching distributions are presented as the percent of annual totals across Julian dates. Earliest and latest hatch dates are not always depicted due to very low representation compared to other dates (please reference <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0164980#pone.0164980.g003" target="_blank">Fig 3</a> for this information).</p

An overview of hatching distributions for larval bluegill collected from Pelican Lake, Nebraska, USA from 2004 through 2012.

<p>Hatching distributions are presented as the percent of annual totals across Julian dates. Earliest and latest hatch dates are not always depicted due to very low representation compared to other dates (please reference <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0164980#pone.0164980.g003" target="_blank">Fig 3</a> for this information).</p