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- Title
Analysis of Spawning Behavior, Habitat, and Season of the Federally Threatened Etheostoma scotti, Cherokee Darter (Osteichthyes: Percidae).
- Authors
Storey, Casey M.; Porter, Brady A.; Freeman, Mary C.; Freeman, Byron J.
- Abstract
Etheostoma scotti (Cherokee darter) is a member of the subgenus Ulocentra and a federally threatened endemic to the Etowah River system, GA. Field observations of spawning behavior of the Cherokee darter were made at five stream sites to identify spawning season and habitat over two field seasons. Cherokee darters primarily spawn in pool habitats between mid-March and early June, at temperatures between II and 18 °C. Egg deposition was typically on large gravel substrate, but ranged from gravel to bedrock in size and included woody debris. Spawning occurred in a variety of depths (0.09 0.59 m) and velocities (0-0.68 m/s).
- Subjects
ETOWAH River (Ga.); ETHEOSTOMA; ENDEMIC animals; ENDANGERED species; HABITATS
- Publication
Southeastern Naturalist, 2006, Vol 5, Issue 3, p413
- ISSN
1528-7092
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1656/1528-7092(2006)5[413:AOSBHA]2.0.CO;2