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Larval Black Crappie Distribution: Implications For Sampling Impoundments And Natural Lakes, Kevin L. Pope, David W. Willis
Larval Black Crappie Distribution: Implications For Sampling Impoundments And Natural Lakes, Kevin L. Pope, David W. Willis
Nebraska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit: Staff Publications
An understanding of larval fish distributions is essential for developing an appropriate sampling design to monitor larval abundances. We monitored abundance of larval black crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus to assess spatial differences in Richmond Lake (a 336-ha impoundment) and Brant Lake (a 405-ha natural lake), South Dakota, during 1994–1996. Age-0 black crappies were collected with a 500-µm mesh ichthyoplankton trawl from fixed sites within each water body. In the impoundment, larval black crappies were collected over a longer period at the upper site than at the dam site during 1994 and 1995. In the natural lake, larval black crappie abundances were …
Earlj Life Historj And Recruitment Of Black Crappie (Pomoxis Nigromaculatus) In Two South Dakota Waters, K. L. Pope, D. W. Willis
Earlj Life Historj And Recruitment Of Black Crappie (Pomoxis Nigromaculatus) In Two South Dakota Waters, K. L. Pope, D. W. Willis
Nebraska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit: Staff Publications
We compared the early life history of black crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus) in Richmond (an impoundment) and Brant (a natural lake) lakes during 1994-1996. We expected variable recruitment (i.e., missing year classes) in the natural lake and more consistent recruitment in the impoundment. Larval black crappie abundance was always higher in Richmond Lake than Brant Lake. Peak abundance of larval black crappie was highest during 1994 in both waters. However, peak larval abundance did not correspond with fall trap-net catch per unit effort (CPUE) of age-0 black crappie, which was highest during 1995. Thus, recruitment of black crappie was …
Drought-Induced Shift Of A Forest–Woodland Ecotone: Rapid Landscape Response To Climate Variation, Craig Allen, David D. Breshears
Drought-Induced Shift Of A Forest–Woodland Ecotone: Rapid Landscape Response To Climate Variation, Craig Allen, David D. Breshears
Nebraska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit: Staff Publications
In coming decades, global climate changes are expected to produce large shifts in vegetation distributions at unprecedented rates. These shifts are expected to be most rapid and extreme at ecotones, the boundaries between ecosystems, particularly those in semiarid landscapes. However, current models do not adequately provide for such rapid effects—particularly those caused by mortality—largely because of the lack of data from field studies. Here we report the most rapid landscape-scale shift of a woody ecotone ever documented: in northern New Mexico in the 1950s, the ecotone between semiarid ponderosa pine forest and pinon– juniper woodland shifted extensively (2 km or …
Ecological Resilience, Biodiversity, And Scale, Garry D. Peterson, Craig R. Allen, C. S. Holling
Ecological Resilience, Biodiversity, And Scale, Garry D. Peterson, Craig R. Allen, C. S. Holling
Nebraska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit: Staff Publications
We describe existing models of the relationship between species diversity and ecological function, and propose a conceptual model that relates species richness, ecological resilience, and scale.We suggest that species interact with scale-dependent sets of ecological structures and processes that determine functional opportunities. We propose that ecological resilience is generated by diverse, but overlapping, function within a scale and by apparently redundant species that operate at different scales, thereby reinforcing function across scales. The distribution of functional diversity within and across scales enables regeneration and renewal to occur following ecological disruption over a wide range of scales.