Demographics of the spawning aggregations of four catostomid species in the Savannah River, South Carolina and Georgia, USA
Ecology of Freshwater Fish
By: T.B. Grabowski, N.L. Ratterman, and J. Jeffery Isely
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Abstract
Differences in the life history strategies employed by otherwise ecologically similar species of a fish assemblage may be an important factor in the coexistence of these species and is an essential consideration in the conservation and management of these assemblages. We collected scales to determine age and growth of four species of the catostomid assemblage (northern hogsucker Hypentelium nigricans, spotted sucker Minytrema melanops, notchlip redhorse Moxostoma collapsum and robust redhorse Moxostoma robustum) of the Savannah River, Georgia-South Carolina in spring 2004 and 2005. Robust redhorse was the largest species; reaching sexual maturity at an older age and growing faster as a juvenile than the other species. Spotted sucker did not achieve the same size as robust redhorse, but reached sexual maturity at younger ages. Notchlip redhorse was intermediate between the abovementioned two species in age at maturity and size. Northern hogsucker was the smallest species of the assemblage and reached the sexual maturity at the age of three. Both robust redhorse and spotted sucker were sexually dimorphic in size-at-age. The range of life history strategies employed by Savannah River catostomids encompasses the range of life history strategies exhibited within the family as a whole. ?? 2007 Blackwell Munksgaard.
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Grabowski, T., Ratterman, N., and Isely, J.J., 2008, Demographics of the spawning aggregations of four catostomid species in the Savannah River, South Carolina and Georgia, USA: Ecology of Freshwater Fish, v. 17, no. 2, p. 318-327, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0633.2007.00284.x.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Demographics of the spawning aggregations of four catostomid species in the Savannah River, South Carolina and Georgia, USA |
| Series title | Ecology of Freshwater Fish |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2007.00284.x |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication Date | November 19, 2007 |
| Year Published | 2008 |
| Language | English |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Ecology of Freshwater Fish |
| First page | 318 |
| Last page | 327 |