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Value of Instream Habitat Structures to Smallmouth Bass

Roseboom, Donald P.; Hill, Thomas E.; Beardsley, John; Rodsater, Jon A.; Duong, Long; Hilsabeck, Rob B.; Stowe, Randy P.

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Title
Value of Instream Habitat Structures to Smallmouth Bass
Author(s)
  • Roseboom, Donald P.
  • Hill, Thomas E.
  • Beardsley, John
  • Rodsater, Jon A.
  • Duong, Long
  • Hilsabeck, Rob B.
  • Stowe, Randy P.
Issue Date
1992-02
Keyword(s)
  • smallmouth bass
  • instream habitat structure
Abstract
In the agricultural Midwest, stream fisheries have long suffered from habitat degradation due to inappropriate stream and land management practices (Karr et al., 1985; Trautman, 1981). Channelization, riparian clearing, and disruption of the normal hydrograph have acted in concert to degrade the environment of both sport and nongame fishes (Smith, 1971; Roseboom and Russell, 1985). The single most pervasive impact, sedimentation, exacts a heavy toll on those species requiring coarse substrate (i.e., gravel, cobble, and/or boulders) to carry out their life functions (Judy et al.; 1984, Paragamiah, 1991).
Publisher
Illinois State Water Survey
Series/Report Name or Number
ISWS Miscellaneous Publication MP-139
Type of Resource
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