Influence of riffle characteristics, surficial geology, and natural barriers on the distribution of the channel darter, Percina copelandi, in the Lake Ontario basin

• Published in: Environmental biology of fishes Vol. 72; no. 3; pp. 241 - 249
• Main Authors: REID, Scott M, CARL, Leon M, LEAN, Jason
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer 01.03.2005; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Agnatha. Pisces; Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Animals; Autoecology; Biological and medical sciences; Etheostoma; Etheostoma flabellare; Fresh water ecosystems; Freshwater; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Habitats; Percina caprodes; Percina copelandi; Rhinichthys cataractae; Synecology; Vertebrata; Great Lakes of America; Lake Ontario; North America; America; Canada, Ontario; North America, Ontario L; Freshwater environment; benthic fishes; COSEWIC; Vertebrata; waterfalls; Riffle; Pisces; Channel; Habitat; Rivers

The channel darter, Percina copelandi, is a small benthic fish with a wide but disjunct distribution across central North America. The development of conservation and recovery strategies for Canadian populations is limited by a lack of knowledge regarding ecology, population size and other factors t...