TY - JOUR
T1 - Foods of the smalleye shiner and sharpnose shiner in the upper Brazos River, Texas
AU - Marks, D. E.
AU - Wilde, G. R.
AU - Ostrand, K. G.
AU - Zwank, P. J.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - Digestive tract contents from 486 smalleye shiner Notropis buccula and 475 sharpnose shiner N. oxyrhynchus collected from the upper Brazos River, Texas, during January through December 1998 were examined. Both species are generalist feeders, with terrestrial and aquatic invertebrates representing 38 and 71%, respectively, by weight, of the diet. Detritus, plant materials and sand-silt represented 15, 5 and 42%, respectively, of the smalleye shiner diet and 4, 7 and 18%, respectively, of the sharpnose shiner diet.
AB - Digestive tract contents from 486 smalleye shiner Notropis buccula and 475 sharpnose shiner N. oxyrhynchus collected from the upper Brazos River, Texas, during January through December 1998 were examined. Both species are generalist feeders, with terrestrial and aquatic invertebrates representing 38 and 71%, respectively, by weight, of the diet. Detritus, plant materials and sand-silt represented 15, 5 and 42%, respectively, of the smalleye shiner diet and 4, 7 and 18%, respectively, of the sharpnose shiner diet.
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0035675027
SN - 0040-4403
VL - 53
SP - 327
EP - 334
JO - Texas Journal of Science
JF - Texas Journal of Science
IS - 4
ER -