Floodplain habitat use and movements of two centrarchids within pool B of the Kissimmee River, Florida

Author

• Matthew Justin Giles

Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1999

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Courtenay, Walter R. Jr.

Thesis/Dissertation Co-Chair

Wilzbach, Margaret A.

Abstract

Floodplains are important elements of river-floodplain systems. Numerous riverine fishes utilize floodplain habitats for reproduction, feeding, and protection. Largemouth bass and bluegill sunfish were tracked using radiotelemetry, and environmental parameters were measured at fish locations. Bass and bluegill used habitats with the same physical and chemical characteristics. Floodplain habitats were utilized frequently, as much as main river channel habitats. Fishes used habitats dominated by vegetation, with sand substrates, and that were more stable with regard to environmental conditions. Largemouth bass were more mobile than bluegill sunfish. Fish movements may have been in response to unfavorable environmental conditions, as more mobile fishes were associated with higher water temperatures and lower concentrations of dissolved oxygen.

Extent

65 p.

Comments

Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1999.|Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1999.

Recommended Citation

Giles, Matthew Justin, "Floodplain habitat use and movements of two centrarchids within pool B of the Kissimmee River, Florida" (1999). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999. 1456.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_4/1456

Identifier

FADT15728

Format

pdf