A Partial Biological Survey of the Spring River Drainage in Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri. Part II: The Fishes

Branson, Branley A.; Triplett, James; Hartmann, R.

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“…Two sMEP-1* alleles (*107, *115) supported the monophyly of the Ouachita smallmouth bass. These alleles represented more than 90% of the sMEP-1* alleles in all samples from the Ouachita Neosho smallmouth bass or an event such as the postulated (Branson et al 1969) capture of a portion of the White River drainage by the Neosho River. A genetic exchange in the reverse direction would explain the distribution of sIDHP-1*76, a synapomorphy restricted to central and northern Ozark populations except for occurrences at low frequencies (0.03-0.07) in 4 of the 16 samples of Neosho smallmouth bass.…”

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Genetic Structure and Systematics of Smallmouth Bass, with Emphasis on Interior Highlands Populations

Stark

Echelle

1998

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

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We conducted an allozyme survey of genetic variation at 33 gene loci in smallmouth bass Micropterus dolomieu from 57 localities encompassing most of the range of the species, but with an emphasis (51 samples) on the Interior Highlands (Ozark and Ouachita uplands). Samples exhibited a moderate amount of total genic diversity (H T ϭ 0.068), but high genetic heterogenity (F ST ϭ 0.383). Phylogenetic analyses supported recognition of three clades from the Interior Highlands: (1) the previously recognized Neosho smallmouth bass in Ozark tributaries of the middle Arkansas River; (2) the Ouachita smallmouth bass in the Little and Ouachita river drainages of the Ouachita Highlands; and (3) a clade that included populations from the White, Black, Missouri, and other streams in the northern and eastern Ozarks. This third clade was very similar to populations from the Ohio and upper Mississippi river basins, and, on the basis of allele frequency parsimony, more closely related to them than to the Neosho and Ouachita smallmouth basses. To preserve genetic diversity and the options that divergent native stocks represent for future management, stock transfers of smallmouth bass should take into account potential effects on native forms of the species.

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Genetic Structure and Systematics of Smallmouth Bass, with Emphasis on Interior Highlands Populations

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Echelle

1998

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“…Branson et al. () collected 5,090 individuals representing 54 species, consisting of 10 intolerant, 22 moderately intolerant, 9 moderately tolerant, and 13 tolerant species (Table ; Supplement A available in the online version of this article). Three sites in Branson et al.…”

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“…During February through May of 1963, a comprehensive survey of fish communities across 25 sites in the Cow Creek watershed was completed (Branson ; Branson et al. ) (Figure ). This historical survey used a variety of seines with differing dimensions and mesh sizes and an electrofisher to capture fish from all mesohabitats (i.e., riffle, pool, and run) present at a site (Branson et al.…”

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“…This historical survey used a variety of seines with differing dimensions and mesh sizes and an electrofisher to capture fish from all mesohabitats (i.e., riffle, pool, and run) present at a site (Branson et al. ; J. R. Triplett, Pittsburg State University, personal communication). Sampling at a site would continue until no new species were collected, which resulted in enough time to sample two sites per day (Triplett, personal communication).…”

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“…Although we strove to replicate the effort performed in the 1963 survey as closely as possible, differences in sampling effort (e.g., personnel, gear) between Branson et al. () and our contemporary survey could cause changes in community structure independent of changes resulting from reductions in PS pollution (Gido et al. ).…”

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Long‐Term Change of Fish Communities in a Polluted Watershed: Does Cleaner Water “Act” on Fishes?

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Pollution is a threat to lotic fishes that enter streams via point source (PS) and nonpoint source (NPS) pathways. The Clean Water Act (CWA) of 1972 and the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) of 1977 reduced PS pollution in the United States, but little information is available concerning the response of fish communities to this legislation. The objectives of this research were to quantify the responses of fishes to the CWA and SMCRA in the Cow Creek watershed of southeastern Kansas, a wadeable stream network that experienced large reductions in PS pollution. Responses were quantified by measuring changes in site occupancy, relative abundance, and species richness across 25 sites sampled in 1963 and again in 2017. Responses were compared among fishes that were intolerant, moderately intolerant, moderately tolerant, and tolerant of pollution using an analysis of deviance coupled with general linear hypothesis testing. We predicted that intolerant fishes would exhibit the most dramatic increases in distribution and abundance and that these changes would be most evident in streams that were directly receiving PS pollution in 1963. However, our predictions were not met, as species tolerant of pollution exhibited greater occupancy, relative abundance, and richness than did intolerant fishes, regardless of time period. Contemporary pH and substrate composition were also quantified and revealed that most streams had recovered from historical acid mine drainage but were dominated by fine substrates. We hypothesized that the limited responses exhibited by intolerant fishes were at least partially attributable to NPS pollution (i.e., sedimentation) resulting from agriculture, which was the dominant land use both historically and currently. We conclude that reductions in both NPS pollution coupled with historical reductions in PS pollution may be necessary to increase the prevalence of intolerant fishes. These management actions may have conservation implications as many intolerant fishes are also imperiled.

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Discovery of the Arkansas Darter (Etheostoma cragini) in the Cow Creek Watershed, Cherokee County, Southeastern Kansas

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Scholes

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A Partial Biological Survey of the Spring River Drainage in Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri. Part II: The Fishes

Cited by 9 publications

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Genetic Structure and Systematics of Smallmouth Bass, with Emphasis on Interior Highlands Populations

Genetic Structure and Systematics of Smallmouth Bass, with Emphasis on Interior Highlands Populations

Long‐Term Change of Fish Communities in a Polluted Watershed: Does Cleaner Water “Act” on Fishes?

Discovery of the Arkansas Darter (Etheostoma cragini) in the Cow Creek Watershed, Cherokee County, Southeastern Kansas

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