Fish Populations, Following a Drought, in the Neosho and Marais des Cygnes Rivers of KansasDeacon, James E.
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Fish Populations, Following a Drought, in the Neosho and Marais des Cygnes Rivers of Kansas
Deacon, James E.
Fish populations; Freshwater fishes -- Kansas -- Population dynamics -- Stocks
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| Number | Number | Number | Number
SPECIES | marked | recaptured | moved | moved
| | | upstream | downstream
------------------------+--------+------------+----------+--------------
Golden Redhorse | 24 | 16 | 0 | 2
Sucker-mouthed Minnow | 68 | 27 | 7 | 0
Red-finned Shiner | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0
Red Shiner | 1326 | 152 | 48 | 25
Blunt-nosed Minnow | 136 | 32 | 1 | 10
Fat-headed Minnow | 151 | 40 | 0 | 0
Stoneroller | 177 | 90 | 1 | 0
Black Bullhead | 25 | 6 | 2 | 0
Channel Catfish (j)[L] | 294 | 36 | 4 | 7
Channel Catfish (yy)[M] | 145 | 34 | 2 | 0
Stonecat | 33 | 6 | 0 | 0
Green Sunfish | 124 | 68 | 1 | 0
Long-eared Sunfish | 33 | 21 | 0 | 0
Slender-headed Darter | 70 | 1 | 0 | 0
Orange-throated Darter | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0
------------------------+--------+------------+----------+------------
[L] (j) denotes juveniles only.
[M] (yy) denotes young-of-year only.
Some measure was gained of the amount of movement exhibited by several
species of fish. Results are biased in favor of a conclusion that a
species is sedentary because a large percentage of the recaptures were
made in collections taken in the same immediate area three hours after
release of marked fish, the total area checked was not large (one mile),
and collecting was limited to an eleven-day period. Nevertheless, some
species were shown to be definitely mobile and others exhibited
pronounced sedentary tendencies. The results of experiments on movement
are presented in Table 16. Marked fish (dyed and fin-clipped) were taken
as long as seven days after being marked. Only those species in which
more than ten individuals were marked are included.
Blunt-nosed minnow, red shiner, and channel catfish (yearlings and
older) are more mobile than other species.
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