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Floodplain habitat use and movements of two centrarchids within pool B of the Kissimmee River, Florida

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Date Issued:
1999
Summary:
Floodplains are important elements of river-floodplain systems. Numerous riverine fishes utilize floodplain habitats for reproduction, feeding, and protection. Largemouth bass and bluegill sunfish were tracked using radiotelemetry, and environmental parameters were measured at fish locations. Bass and bluegill used habitats with the same physical and chemical characteristics. Floodplain habitats were utilized frequently, as much as main river channel habitats. Fishes used habitats dominated by vegetation, with sand substrates, and that were more stable with regard to environmental conditions. Largemouth bass were more mobile than bluegill sunfish. Fish movements may have been in response to unfavorable environmental conditions, as more mobile fishes were associated with higher water temperatures and lower concentrations of dissolved oxygen.
Title: Floodplain habitat use and movements of two centrarchids within pool B of the Kissimmee River, Florida.
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Name(s): Giles, Matthew Justin
Florida Atlantic University
Courtenay, Walter R. Jr., Thesis Advisor
Wilzbach, Margaret A., Thesis Advisor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Date Issued: 1999
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 65 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: Floodplains are important elements of river-floodplain systems. Numerous riverine fishes utilize floodplain habitats for reproduction, feeding, and protection. Largemouth bass and bluegill sunfish were tracked using radiotelemetry, and environmental parameters were measured at fish locations. Bass and bluegill used habitats with the same physical and chemical characteristics. Floodplain habitats were utilized frequently, as much as main river channel habitats. Fishes used habitats dominated by vegetation, with sand substrates, and that were more stable with regard to environmental conditions. Largemouth bass were more mobile than bluegill sunfish. Fish movements may have been in response to unfavorable environmental conditions, as more mobile fishes were associated with higher water temperatures and lower concentrations of dissolved oxygen.
Identifier: 9780599540576 (isbn), AAI1396979 (UnM), FADT15728 (IID), 15728 (digitool)
Note(s): Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1999.
Subject(s): Floodplain ecology--Florida--Kissimmee River Watershed
Largemouth bass--Florida--Kissimmee River Watershed
Centrarchidae--Florida--Kissimmee River Watershed
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