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Mercury Levels In Muscle Tissue Of Stream-Dwelling Fish, Tom Frost Jan 1976

Mercury Levels In Muscle Tissue Of Stream-Dwelling Fish, Tom Frost

Masters Theses

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Food Habits Of The Steelcolor Shiner, Notropis Whipplei (Girard), Mark A. Dyer Jan 1976

Food Habits Of The Steelcolor Shiner, Notropis Whipplei (Girard), Mark A. Dyer

Masters Theses

Specimens of the steelcolor shiner, Notropis whipplei (Girard) were seined at irregular intervals from Polecat Creek (Coles County, Illinois) from October 1974 to September 1975. Drift and benthic samples were taken in conjunction with fish collections. The stomach contents of the fish were analyzed and compared to organisms found in the drift and benthos. More food taxa were represented in the fish collected during the summer. Aquatic insect forms, primarily chironomid larvae, amounted to 75.6% of the total percentage of foods eaten during the winter as compared to 18.8% for the summer. Adult insects, mainly coleopterans and dipterans, were the …


Feeding Selectivity Of Young-Of-The-Year Smallmouth Bass, Micropterus Dolomieui Lacepede, In Four Rearing Ponds, Gordon Brent Manning Jan 1976

Feeding Selectivity Of Young-Of-The-Year Smallmouth Bass, Micropterus Dolomieui Lacepede, In Four Rearing Ponds, Gordon Brent Manning

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.