Re: NANFA-- Shiner Observations in Borden Creek, AL

R. W. Wolff (choupiqu-in-wctc.net)
Sun, 23 May 2004 20:20:13 -0500

> It struck me as a nice, fairly simple example of the partitioning of
> available environment between similar species so that they don't directly
> compete with each other as much.

This is interesting, I never gave it much thought in streams. I might be
going to up to the hills and clay country and visit Puff Creek next weekend.
I will take note of how the shiner species are making use of the creek.
There are a probably close to a dozen cyprinids that use this creek for
sure. A handful that are similar as well.

It is a small creek that dumps into the Yellow River a few 1000 feet from
the area I go to. This is the upper Yellow river and is more like a large
rocky clear to tannic stream than a river here. Get down into the marsh and
its big, wide, very winding, and muddy.

Hopefully the water is low enough to get into. Lots of rain as of late.

Ray
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