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Resource Use by Larval and Early Juvenile Native Fishes in the Little Colorado River, Grand Canyon, Arizona

 

作者: MichaelR. Childs,   RobertW. Clarkson,   AnthonyT. Robinson,  

 

期刊: Transactions of the American Fisheries Society  (Taylor Available online 1998)
卷期: Volume 127, issue 4  

页码: 620-629

 

ISSN:0002-8487

 

年代: 1998

 

DOI:10.1577/1548-8659(1998)127<0620:RUBLAE>2.0.CO;2

 

出版商: Taylor & Francis Group

 

数据来源: Taylor

 

摘要:

We investigated resource use by early life stage (≤30 mm, total length) humpback chubGila cypha, speckled daceRhinichthys osculus, bluehead suckersCatostomus discobolus, and flannelmouth suckersC. latipinnisin the Little Colorado River, a tributary to the Colorado River in Grand Canyon, Arizona. Significant logistic regression models for habitat use were developed for all species pairwise combinations except flannelmouth sucker–humpback chub and flannelmouth sucker–speckled dace; correct classification probabilities ranged from 54% to 81%. Parameters used in discriminating among habitat use included depth, distance from shore, cover, and substrate. Logistic models were also developed to compare habitat use among larval stages within species, and most combinations produced significant models. Classification probabilities ranged from 60% to 95% in these models with the variables of depth, distance from shore, current velocity, cover, and substrate contributing to the various models. Behavioral observations revealed significant differences in vertical use of the water column and feeding locations among bluehead suckers and the two cyprinids. Diet analysis supported differences observed in feeding location and also identified some differences in diel feeding patterns. These differences in habitat use, behavioral time budgets, and diet indicate that some resource partitioning occurs among larval fishes in the Little Colorado River. Further laboratory study is needed to verify the mechanisms that sustain differential resource use in this system.

 

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