Comparison of four hard structures including otoliths for estimating age in Blue Suckers

DS Radford, AR Lackmann… - Transactions of the …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Blue Sucker Cycleptus elongatus is an imperiled North American catostomid in
need of management and protection. No hard structures are validated for aging this species …

Mismatch between temperature and discharge disrupts spawning cues in a fluvial specialist, blue sucker Cycleptus elongatus

MR Acre, TB Grabowski, DJ Leavitt… - … of Freshwater Fish, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Seasonal movements cued by environmental variables are a critical component of riverine
fish life history. Life‐history events for species such as blue sucker Cycleptus elongatus are …

Trends in River Discharge and Water Temperature Cue Spawning Movements of Blue Sucker, Cycleptus elongatus, in an Impounded Great Plains River

BJ Tornabene, TW Smith, AE Tews, RP Beattie… - Copeia, 2020 - meridian.allenpress.com
Riverine fishes are sensitive to human-induced changes to their ecosystems and have
experienced substantial declines in the past century. The presence and operation of dams …

Accounting for dispersal and local habitat when evaluating tributary use by riverine fishes

CG Dunn, CP Paukert - Ecosphere, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Conservation practitioners increasingly recognize the conservation value of tributaries for
supporting mainstem, large‐river specialist fishes. A tributary's discharge at its mouth is a …

Blue sucker habitat use in a regulated Texas river: implications for conservation and restoration

MR Acre, TB Grabowski, DJ Leavitt, NG Smith… - … Biology of Fishes, 2021 - Springer
Species conservation requires a clear understanding of habitat availability and subsequent
use of those habitats. In cases where species declines have occurred and gone undetected …

Spatial and temporal segregation of spawning habitat by catostomids in the Savannah River, Georgia and South Carolina, USA

TB Grabowski, JJ Isely - Journal of Fish Biology, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Spawning aggregations of five species of catostomids were observed on the two mid‐
channel gravel bars of the Savannah River, Georgia and South Carolina, in 2004 and 2005 …

Seasonal use distributions and migrations of blue sucker in the Middle Missouri River

BC Neely, MA Pegg, GE Mestl - Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Blue suckers, Cycleptus elongatus, are a highly mobile species speculated to have spring
spawning migrations. However, previous studies have not quantified seasonal migrations of …

Riverscape nesting dynamics of Neosho Smallmouth Bass: To cluster or not to cluster?

AD Miller, SK Brewer - Diversity and Distributions, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Hierarchical stream habitat conditions influence patterns of fish abundance and
population dynamics. The spawning period is important for stream fishes but coincides with …

Seasonal movements and tributary‐specific fidelity of blue sucker Cycleptus elongatus in a Southern Plains riverscape

JJ Dyer, SK Brewer - Journal of Fish Biology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This study used acoustic telemetry and a multistate Cormack–Jolly–Seber model to
determine the seasonal movement patterns of blue sucker Cycleptus elongatus from 2015 to …

Distribution and growth of blue sucker in a Great Plains river, USA

JL Eitzmann, AS Makinster… - Fisheries Management …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Blue sucker, Cycleptus elongatus (Le Sueur), was sampled in the Kansas River,
Kansas, USA to determine how relative abundance varies spatially and growth compares to …