Habitat Preferences of the Rainbow Darter, Etheostoma caeruleum, with Regard to Microhabitat Velocity Shelters

Harding, Juliana M.; Burky, Albert J.; Way, Carl M.

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“…2001). In addition, cobbles provide extensive interstitial spaces which may serve as refuges from both high velocities and predators (Harding et al. 1998).…”

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Microhabitat use, movements and abundance of gilt darters (Percina evides) in southern Appalachian (USA) streams

Skyfield

Grossman

2007

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

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– We examined microhabitat use by gilt darters (Percina evides) in two streams in the south‐eastern USA. Darters were over‐represented in erosional microhabitats with higher average velocities and more cobble. Male darters tended to show stronger selection than females. Size‐based analyses showed that larger (≥60 mm) gilt darters tended to use microhabitats with more heterogeneous substrata and more boulder than smaller (≤59 mm) darters. We also conducted a short‐term movement study and calculated population estimates based on mark–recapture data in autumn 2005. Darters moved both long and short distances with 40% of all recaptures occurring within 5 m of the initial capture point. Using Program mark and model‐averaged parameter estimates gilt darter density was 0.31 darters·m−2 (225 darters/730 m2). Conservation of this species will require the preservation of erosional habitats in streams.

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“…2001). In addition, cobbles provide extensive interstitial spaces which may serve as refuges from both high velocities and predators (Harding et al. 1998).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Microhabitat use, movements and abundance of gilt darters (Percina evides) in southern Appalachian (USA) streams

Skyfield

Grossman

2007

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

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“…They preferred faster current but slower bottom velocity. Some riffle‐dwelling benthic fishes are thought to seek refuge from high velocity (Baltz et al 1982; Greenberg 1988; Harding et al 1998). The preference for lower bottom velocity by LD and CB may also be related to seeking refuge.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

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Habitat use and diet of two stream gobies of the genus Rhinogobius in south‐western Shikoku, Japan

Sone

Inoue

Yanagisawa

2001

Ecological Research

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The importance of interspecific competition to habitat use by two congeneric stream gobies, Rhinogobius sp. LD (large‐dark type) and CB (cross‐band type), was studied by: (i) examining differences in habitat use by each species along the course of the stream; and (ii) comparing microhabitat use and the diet of each species between in allopatry and in sympatry in tributaries of the Shimanto River, south‐western Shikoku, Japan. Rhinogobius sp. LD mainly used riffles through the course of the stream. Although CB also mainly used riffles in the lower reaches where CB was numerically dominant, the greater use of riffles by CB was not observed in upper reaches where LD was dominant. Microhabitat analysis revealed that both LD and CB preferred lower bottom velocity in faster current in both allopatry and sympatry. In sympatry, however, LD used coarser substrate and faster current than CB, and both LD and CB used narrower ranges of microhabitat conditions than in allopatry. Dietary analysis indicated that both allopatric and sympatric LD preferred baetids, which are apt to drift, suggesting they adopted ambush foraging. Allopatric CB preferred leptophlebiids and chironomids, which are also apt to drift, whereas sympatric CB did not prefer such invertebrates. Overall results of this study suggest that LD and CB compete for better feeding habitats, CB shift their habitat use and foraging mode under the influence of LD, and current velocity and substrate coarseness are key factors in their habitat segregation.

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“…Furthermore, many stream-dwelling ¢shes select microhabitats based on species-speci¢c preferences for one or more hydrodynamic parameters. These preferences can result in spatial variations of species abundance that can be attributed to variations in water depth and velocity ( Jowett & Richardson 1995;Harding et al 1998). Drifting food items are most easily intercepted by a ¢sh orientated towards the prevailing £ow.…”

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Sensory processing of water currents by fishes

Montgomery

Carton

Voigt

et al. 2000

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B

111

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Water currents are extremely important in the aquatic environment and play a very signi¢cant role in the lives of ¢shes. Sensory processing of water currents involves a number of sensory modalities including the inner ear, vision, tactile sense and the mechanosensory lateral line. The inner ear will detect whole-body accelerations generated by changes in £ow, or by turbulence, whereas visual and tactile inputs will signal translational movement with respect to an external visual or tactile reference frame. The super¢cial neuromasts of the mechanosensory lateral line detect £ow over the surface of the body and have the appropriate anatomical distribution and physiological properties to signal the strength and the direction of £ow and, hence, contribute to the detection of regional di¡erences in £ow over di¡erent parts of the body.

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Habitat Preferences of the Rainbow Darter, Etheostoma caeruleum, with Regard to Microhabitat Velocity Shelters

Cited by 42 publications

References 32 publications

Microhabitat use, movements and abundance of gilt darters (Percina evides) in southern Appalachian (USA) streams

Microhabitat use, movements and abundance of gilt darters (Percina evides) in southern Appalachian (USA) streams

Habitat use and diet of two stream gobies of the genus Rhinogobius in south‐western Shikoku, Japan

Sensory processing of water currents by fishes

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