Subject: Re: NANFA-L-- Creek Chubs?
From: Irate Mormon (archimedes-in-bayspringstel.net)
Date: Mon Nov 29 2004 - 11:08:31 CST
Quoting "Todd D. Crail" <tcrail-in-UTNet.UToledo.Edu>:
it would be the opposite because the fish community is based
> around woodland habitat, as opposed to prairie habitat. These areas also
> have a much higher gradient than in this area, and so, have the energy to
> create meanders, pools and riffles.
That describes it pretty well - not exactly what I would call HIGH gradient, but
definitely moreso than in, say, south Georgia. I don't have any experience with
prairies, but the coastal plain is pretty flat, so I have an idea what you mean.
Where I live is definitely woodlands habitat. Martin's creek is mostly under
canopy,-in-times has good fluviokinetics,-in-times none, and-in-times the term
is irrelevant (it's dry). While I prefer to see it flowing, with lots of
darters in it, it is also interesting to see what happens as conditions change.
--Irate
"In our study of natural objects we are approaching the thoughts of the Creator,
reading his conceptions, interpreting a system that is His and not ours." -
Louis Agassiz
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