Population Dynamics of the Cui-ui of Pyramid Lake, Nevada: a Potamodromous Catostomid Subject to Failed Reproduction

• Published in: North American journal of fisheries management Vol. 35; no. 5; pp. 853 - 864
• Main Authors: Scoppettone, G. Gary, Rissler, Peter H, Fabes, Mark C, Shea, Sean P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 03.09.2015
• Subjects: adults; anthropogenic activities; atmospheric precipitation; Chasmistes cujus; climate change; drought; females; fish; habitats; lakes; males; managers; population dynamics; reproduction; rivers; spawning; stream flow; streams; watersheds; California; Nevada

Fishes of the Truckee River basin (California and Nevada) evolved in an aquatic system that has been episodically diminished by extended drought. For potamodromous species, such as the endangered Cui-ui endemic to Pyramid Lake, Nevada, prehistoric episodic severe drought presumably led to periods of...