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  <dc:contributor>M.L. Miller</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>James M. Long</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Trevor A. Starks</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2016</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Life-history characteristics of age-0 sturgeon chub&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Macrhybopsis gelida&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;, shoal chub&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Macrhybopsis hyostoma&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;and sicklefin chub&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Macrhybopsis meeki&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;were compared using several methods. All&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Macrhybopsis&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;species consumed mostly midge pupae, but&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;M. meeki&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;had the most general diet (Levins' index,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;B&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;= 0&amp;middot;22) compared with&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;M. hyostoma&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;B&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;= 0&amp;middot;02) and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;M. gelida&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;B&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;= 0&amp;middot;09). Morisita's diet overlap index among species pairs ranged from 0&amp;middot;62 to 0&amp;middot;97 and was highest between&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;M. hyostoma&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;M. gelida&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;. Daily ages estimated from lapilli otoliths for each species ranged from 15 to 43 days for&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;M. gelida&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;, 19 to 44 for&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;M. hyostoma&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;and from 16 to 64 days for&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;M. meeki&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;. Mean growth rates ranged from 0&amp;middot;79 mm day&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;minus;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;for&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;M. meeki&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;to 1&amp;middot;39 mm day&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;minus;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;for&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;M. gelida&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;. Mortality estimates indicated high daily survivorship rates for&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;M. meeki&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;(0&amp;middot;985), but could not be estimated for the other two species. Hatch date histograms were congruent with the belief that&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;M. hyostoma&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;M. gelida&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;spawn periodically from June to September.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Macrhybopsis meeki&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;, however, appeared to respond to a specific spawning cue as hatch dates were unimodal with a peak in July. These results fill a gap in current knowledge of these imperilled species that can be used to guide management decisions.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.1111/jfb.12892</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Wiley</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Early life history of three pelagic-spawning minnows Macrhybopsis spp. in the lower Missouri River</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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