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Study Number: |
3006 |
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Project Title: |
Fish collections at Coweeta LTER 100m stream sites. |
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Investigator(s): |
Gary Grossman E-Mail
| Tel.
706.542.1160
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Biographical Sketch Bob Ratajczak E-Mail | Tel. 706.542.4835 |
| Affiliated Institution(s): | University of Georgia |
| Address: |
Warnell School of Forest Resources University of Georgia Athens, Georgia 30602 USA |
| Study Category: | Aquatic |
| Project Type: | Type 1 |
| Study Period: | 09/1991 - 09/1998 |
| Notes: |
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Funding Source(s): |
National Science Foundation, Grants DEB-9632854 (Text Version) and DEB-0218001 (Text Version) to Coweeta LTER. |
| Abstract: | Electro-fishing was performed biannually in spring (May) and late summer (Aug-Oct), to access stream fish populations, production and recruitment in the LTER 100m sites: Coweeta Creek, Lower Ball Creek, and Upper Ball Creek. These data will be used with habitat availability estimates recorded during the same time periods to see if fish assemblages structure and production of species differ along the gradient in concordance with changing abundance of patch types. |
| Location(s), Described: |
CC2 - Ball Creek above weir - meter marks
780-890. UBC - Upper Ball Creek - meter marks 2330-2430. LBC - Lower Ball Creek - meter marks 4640-4747. CC2 - Coweeta Creek - meter marks 5220-5320. |
| Location(s), Download GPS: | ArcView Shape Files (shp.): UTM, NAD83, Zone 17 | Lat/Lon |
| Location(s), Online Map(s): |
 USGS Topographic-based Maps of Research Sites
(Printable for fieldwork) |
| Methods/Experimental Design: |
Weight - Ohaus CT 200 balance - adding fish
to a tared plastic container with water - measured to nearest 0.1 grams.
Length - Standard length measured on Plexiglass fish length board. Pass - record of which pass (beginning at the 0m mark down-stream + continuing upstream to the 100m mark) a fish was captured on. Three passes were performed at each site on a sample date. Species - fish species captured using a back pack electro shocker typically set at 800V/60PP AR - Ambloplites rupestris CA - Campostoma anomalum CB - Cottus bairdi CF - Clinstomus funduloides EB -Etheostoma blennoides E - Etheostoma sp. HN - Hypentelium nigracans LC - Luxilus coccoogenis N - Notropis sp. NL - Notropis leuciodes NLT - Notropis lutipinnis NM - Nocomis micropogon OM - Oncorhynchus mykiss PE - Percina evades RC - Rhinichthys cataractae SA - Semoltis atromaculatus SF - Salvelinus fontinalis ST - Salmo trutta Site - 27L Ball Creek above weir 27 - approx. 100m above weir 27. UBC - Upper Ball Creek - approx. 100m above old weir 20. LBC - Lower BAll Creek - approx. 60m above weir 9 CC2 - Coweeta Creek - starts at confluence of Ball Creek and Shope Fork PCODE : 1 - First pass 2 - Second pass 3 - Third pass 0 - In net |
| Sampling Frequency: | Biannually late spring and late summer. |
| Data Columns: |
Species - Fish species captured (See Methods
for abbreviations). Year - Year Month - Month Day - Day Site - (See Methods for abbreviations). Length - Length of captured fish. Weight - Weight of capture fish. PCode - Passes, described in Methods/Experimental Design. Missing Data Codes: . (Period) |
| Publications: |
Freeman, M.C., M.K. Crawford, J.C. Barrett, D.E. Facey, M.G. Flood, J. Hill, D.J. Stouder, G.D. Grossman. 1988. Fish assemblage stability in a southern Appalachian stream. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 45: 1949-1958. |
| Data Restrictions: | Users must adhere to the Coweeta LTER Data Policy. |
| Metadata: | EML Format (XML Schema) | Information about EML |
| Data Downloads: |
Microsoft® Excel (.xls) Text Comma Delimited (.csv) DBase (.dbf) |