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Fish Assemblages Of The Withlacoochee River Basin In South Georgia, Usa, Matthew J. Cannister, David L. Bechler
Fish Assemblages Of The Withlacoochee River Basin In South Georgia, Usa, Matthew J. Cannister, David L. Bechler
Georgia Journal of Science
An ichthyofauna review of literature prior to 2008 on the Withlacoochee River basin in south-central Georgia, USA, indicated that the fish fauna was underrepresented compared to other rivers, such as the Suwannee River basin in Florida of which the Withlacoochee River is a tributary. A survey would provide the state of Georgia potentially valuable additional information on the fish fauna within the basin. A 45-site survey within the eastern portion of the Withlacoochee River basin was conducted from 2008 to 2010 employing seines, gill nets, fish traps, trotlines, and creel surveys. Surveys yielded 51 fish species of which three, the …