Early life history stages of fishes of Orange Lake, Florida: an illustrated identification manual
From June 1983 t o June 1984, the senior author examined the habitatassociations and seasonal succession of early life history stages of fishesof Orange Lake, Alachua County, Florida (Conrow 1984). The study includedan evaluation of three sampling gears -- a 0.5-m diameter tow net, a Bredertrap (a plastic trap with leaders; Breder 1960), and a light trap (Floyd et al. 1984).A total of 23 fish species was captured during the study. Illustrations and identifying characteristics of 18 of these are presented, alongwith brief mention of habitat associations and seasonal occurrences. Notethat all illustrations and identifications were made from ish captured inthe field and are therefore not definitive. Identifications were based ondescriptions in the literature and, when possible, comparisons with knownseries. Species reported from Orange Lake (Reid 1950; DuRant 1980; Conrow1984) but not considered in this report are listed on page 41.Orange Lake has a surface area of approximately 5000 hectares and amaximum depth o f 3.5 meters (Fig. 1). The four habitats defined f o r thestudy were open water, panic grasses (Panicum spp. ) , hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata) , and, floating /emergent vegetation. The laatter is characterizedprimarily by spatterdock (Nuphar luteum), but also includes waterhyacinth (Eichornia crassipes) , coontail (Ceratophyl lum demersum) , cabomba(Cabomba carol iniana) , and bladderwort ( Utriculariain flata ). (Document has 49 pages.)
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| Format: | monograph biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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University of Florida, Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
1985
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| Subjects: | Biology, Fishes, Orange Lake, Florida, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/18876 |
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