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A Faunal Analysis Of The Springs Of The Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas, Henry W. Robison
A Faunal Analysis Of The Springs Of The Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas, Henry W. Robison
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Spring ecosystems in Arkansas have historically received little attention. A faunal survey was made of 33 springs located in the core area Ouachita Mountains physiographic province. The study area was 135 x 80 km extending west from Hot Springs, Arkansas to the Oklahoma line. Springs in the Ouachita Mountain physiographic province were characterized as generally faunistically poor with often a single species such as the isopod, Lirceus h. hoppinae, being the dominant faunal element both numerically and with regard to biomass. A total of 40 species of invertebrate species and eight vertebrate species were collected from the spring environs during …