International Journal of Ecology / 2012 / Article / Tab 1 / Research Article
A Habitat Model for Fish Communities in Large Streams and Small Rivers Table 1 Species habitat models that were merged for community level criteria with sources (reference numbers) and key variables used to define riverine conditions that will support a diversity of fishes.
Species Source Water quality Reproduction Food and cover Temperature (C) Dissolved oxygen (mg/l) Acidity (pH) Turbidity (NTU) Temperature (C) Dissolved oxygen (mg/l) Riffle cm/s Pool cm/s Riffle cm Cover (%) Pools (%) Acipenser brevirostrum [3 ] √ √ Polyodon spathula [4 ] √ √ √ √ Dorosoma cepedianum [5 ] √ √ √ Esox lucius [6 ] √ √ √ Esox masquinongy [7 ] √ √ √ Rhinichthys atratulus [8 ] √ √ √ √ √ √ Rhinichthys cataractae [9 ] √ √ √ √ Semotilus atromaculatus [10 ] √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Semotilus corporalis [11 ] √ √ √ √ √ Catostomus catostomus [12 ] √ √ √ Catostomus commersoni [13 ] √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Ictiobus bubalus [14 ] √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Ictiobus cyprinella [15 ] √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Ameiurus melas [16 ] √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Ictalurus punctatus [17 ] √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Menidia beryllina [18 ] √ √ Morone chrysops [19 ] √ √ Morone saxatilis [20 ] √ √ Lepomis auritus [21 ] √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Lepomis cyanellus [22 ] √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Lepomis gulosus [23 ] √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Lepomis macrochirus [24 ] √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Lepomis microlophus [25 ] √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Micropterus dolomieu [26 ] √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Micropterus punctulatus [27 ] √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Micropterus salmoides [28 ] √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Pomoxis annularis [29 ] √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Etheostoma gracile [30 ] √ √ √ √ √ Perca flavescens [31 ] √ √ √ √ √ √ Sander vitreus [32 ] √ √ √ √ √ √