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RECORD NUMBER: 84 OF 819

Main Title Behavioral Adaptations to Spatially Intermittent Streams by the Longfin Dace, 'Agosia chrysogaster', (Cyprinidae).
Author Bushdosh, M. ;
CORP Author Woodward-Clyde Consultants, San Diego, CA.;Corvallis Environmental Research Lab., OR.
Year Published 1985
Report Number EPA/600/D-85/082;
Stock Number PB85-193282
Additional Subjects Animal behavior ; Fresh water fishes ; Stream flow ; Sonoran Desert ; Floods ; Water flow ; Acclimatization ; Agosiachrysogaster ; Longfin dace ; Water levels ; Habitats ; Predation
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NTIS  PB85-193282 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
The spatially intermittent stream, with areas containing surface water separated by lengths of dry streambed, represents a common aquatic habitat in the Sonoran Desert. The longfin dace (Agosia chrysogaster) is the only fish to utilize this habitat consistently. Behavioral adaptations contribute to the fish's success. Positioning in the current minimizes the likelihood of being stranded by falling water levels, or of being displaced downstream by floodwaters. Avoidance of the habitat edges and shallows reduces predation by birds and mammals. Rapid invasion of suddenly available habitat during periods of continuous flow, an omnivorous feeding mode, and a capacity to reproduce during most months of the year allow the longfin dace to better exploit spatially intermittent habitat.