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Effects Of Channelization On Fish Populations Of The Cache River And Bayou Deview, Morris Mauney, George L. Harp Jan 1979

Effects Of Channelization On Fish Populations Of The Cache River And Bayou Deview, Morris Mauney, George L. Harp

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

This study was designed to better understand the possible effects of channelization by comparing natural and previously channelized sections of the Cache River and Bayou DeView. Forty-five fish species were collected in natural reaches, but only 24 species were collected in channelized reaches. Cyprinus carpio and Dorosoma cepedianum constituted 40 and 20 percent of the total fish biomass in channelized reaches, respectively, but only 22 and 2 percent of the total biomass in natural reaches. The mean weight of total fishes and game fishes only per surface ha in natural sections were 276 and 46 kg, respectively, but these values …


Distributional Survey Of The Fishes Of Ten Mile Creek In Southeastern Arkansas, Carl D. Jeffers, Edmond J. Bacon Jr. Jan 1979

Distributional Survey Of The Fishes Of Ten Mile Creek In Southeastern Arkansas, Carl D. Jeffers, Edmond J. Bacon Jr.

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

A survey of the fishes of Ten Mile Creek was conducted during 1976 to 1979. The ichthyofauna of Ten Mile Creek is typical of lowland drainage systems in southeastern Arkansas. Fifty-three species representing 13 families and 23 genera were collected. Etheostoma parvipinne was locally abundant in the headwaters, and other vulnerable or rare species included Notropls maculatus, Fundulus notti, Fundulus chrysotus, Erimyzon sucetta, Moxostoma poecilurum, and Lepomis punctatus. Eight specimens of Notropis hubbsi were collected.


Abundance, Diversity And Distribution Of Benthic Macro-Invertebrates In The Flat Bayou Drainage Area, Jefferson County, Arkansas, John D. Rickett Jan 1979

Abundance, Diversity And Distribution Of Benthic Macro-Invertebrates In The Flat Bayou Drainage Area, Jefferson County, Arkansas, John D. Rickett

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

The main ditch of Flat Bayou Drainage in north central Jefferson County carries water southward into Plum Bayou which then shortly empties into the Arkansas River. Flat Bayou proper flows northward into Wabbaseka Bayou which in turn flows into the Arkansas River in northeastern Lincoln County. Two sites on the main ditch were sampled for physico-chemical parameters and benthic macroin vertebrates on 9 September, 7 October and 11 November 1978. No visible detrimental effects were attributed to physico-chemical characteristics. Thirty-one below-family taxa and 19 families were found in abundance from zero at one site and date to 3580 per m² …


Hematology As Related To Diving Characteristics Of Elaphe Obsoleta, Nerodia Erythrogaster, Nerodia Fasciata And Nerodia Rhombifera, Dennis A. Baeyens, M. W. Patterson, Chris T. Mcallister Jan 1979

Hematology As Related To Diving Characteristics Of Elaphe Obsoleta, Nerodia Erythrogaster, Nerodia Fasciata And Nerodia Rhombifera, Dennis A. Baeyens, M. W. Patterson, Chris T. Mcallister

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

The diving capabilities of Nerodia erythrogaster flavigaster and Nerodia fasciata confluens were investigated and the results were compared with similar studies on Nerodia rhombifera rhombifera and Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta (Baeyens et al., 1978). In addition, morphological and hematological parameters contributing to underwater survival were examined. The duration of underwater survival for N. erythrogaster and N. fasciata was approximately one hour with no difference between the species. The lung volumes of the two species were also similar but were significantly less than lung volumes reported for E. obsoleta. There were no significant differences in hemoglobin concentration, red blood cell count or …


Additions To The Strawberry River Ichthyofauna, Henry W. Robison Jan 1979

Additions To The Strawberry River Ichthyofauna, Henry W. Robison

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.


Goldeye In The Black River, John K. Beadles Jan 1979

Goldeye In The Black River, John K. Beadles

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.


Cave Fauna Of Arkansas: Additional Invertebrate And Vertebrate Records, V. Rick Mcdaniel, Kenneth N. Paige, C. Renn Tumlison Jan 1979

Cave Fauna Of Arkansas: Additional Invertebrate And Vertebrate Records, V. Rick Mcdaniel, Kenneth N. Paige, C. Renn Tumlison

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.


Age And Growth Of White Crappie, Pomoxis Annularis Refinesque, From A Flood-Created Pond In Mississippi County, Arkansas, Stephen A. Sewell Jan 1979

Age And Growth Of White Crappie, Pomoxis Annularis Refinesque, From A Flood-Created Pond In Mississippi County, Arkansas, Stephen A. Sewell

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.


Unusual Concentration Of Scarlet Snakes, Keith B. Sutton, V. Rick Mcdaniel Jan 1979

Unusual Concentration Of Scarlet Snakes, Keith B. Sutton, V. Rick Mcdaniel

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.


Notes On The Distribution Of The Ornate Box Turtle (Terrapene Ornata Ornata) In Arkansas, Lawana England Jan 1979

Notes On The Distribution Of The Ornate Box Turtle (Terrapene Ornata Ornata) In Arkansas, Lawana England

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.


Status Of The Endangered Bats, Myotis Sodalis, M. Grisescens, And Plecotus Townsendii Ingens, In Arkansas, Michael J. Harvey, John J. Cassidy, Gary G. O'Hagan Jan 1979

Status Of The Endangered Bats, Myotis Sodalis, M. Grisescens, And Plecotus Townsendii Ingens, In Arkansas, Michael J. Harvey, John J. Cassidy, Gary G. O'Hagan

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.