Western Kentucky University TopSCHOLAR® Masters eses & Specialist Projects Graduate School 5-1-2008 Longitudinal Variation in Fish Community Along the Upper Green River Below the Green River Lake Joshua Wilsey Western Kentucky University Follow this and additional works at: hp://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses Part of the Medical Sciences Commons is esis is brought to you for free and open access by TopSCHOLAR®. It has been accepted for inclusion in Masters eses & Specialist Projects by an authorized administrator of TopSCHOLAR®. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Recommended Citation Wilsey, Joshua, "Longitudinal Variation in Fish Community Along the Upper Green River Below the Green River Lake" (2008). Masters eses & Specialist Projects. Paper 387. hp://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/387
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Western Kentucky UniversityTopSCHOLAR®
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects Graduate School
5-1-2008
Longitudinal Variation in Fish Community Alongthe Upper Green River Below the Green RiverLakeJoshua WilseyWestern Kentucky University
Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses
Part of the Medical Sciences Commons
This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by TopSCHOLAR®. It has been accepted for inclusion in Masters Theses & Specialist Projects byan authorized administrator of TopSCHOLAR®. For more information, please contact [email protected].
Recommended CitationWilsey, Joshua, "Longitudinal Variation in Fish Community Along the Upper Green River Below the Green River Lake" (2008).Masters Theses & Specialist Projects. Paper 387.http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/387
Open water/ substratumspawnerBrood HiderSubstratum ChooserNest SpawnerExternal BrooderInternal Bearer
Table 2. Environmental parameters sampled in 2007 from twelve sampling reaches along the Upper Green River. Samplingreaches arranged in order from downstream to upstream.
Par am
HabitatWidth
DepthVeloc
Disch
%Riff%Run%Pool%Fine
%Gr
%Cb
%SmB
Dist
Description
mean wetted width(m)mean depth (cm)mean velocity(m/s)mean totaldischarge (m3/s)% riffle habitat% run habitat% pool habitat% substrate as silt,sand and clay% substrate asgravel% substrate ascobble% substrate assmall boulderdistance from dam(km)
GR8.0D
47.8
930.20
5.8
35452038
62
0
0
155
GR8.1
47.5
760.35
5.0
20552520
80
0
0
130
GR8.2
45.3
1010.23
3.5
15701518
78
4
0
124
GR8.3
33.4
870.21
2.7
503020
6
28
30
36
96
GR8.7
34.5
690.16
1.8
10603018
64
6
12
64
GR8.9
29.9
670.33
1.7
204040
0
66
28
6
47
GR8.10
23.1
680.26
1.6
25403526
74
0
0
47
GR8.11
26.8
540.27
1.9
206020
8
72
20
0
43
GR8.12
36.3
500.25
2.0
30403034
66
0
0
39
GR8.13
34.9
600.19
1.7
30403034
62
0
4
24
GR8.14
32.3
500.20
1.0
354025
2
92
6
0
4
GR8.15
28.8
690.17
1.1
354025
2
74
22
2
2
to
Table 2. Continued
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| Rsovore
| Parasite
Green River and Tnbutanes
Mammoth Cave National Park
Green River Lake
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Figure 5. Map depicting pie charts showing percent composition of trophic guilds communities at each site.
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Figure 6. Map depicting pie charts showing percent composition of substrate preference guilds within fishcommunities at each site.
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Legend
Velocity Guild
| Fast FlowModerate Flow
QB Slow/No FlowQFlow Generallst
— Green River and TributariesMammoth Cave National Park
g Green River Lake_ Upper Green River Subbasin 4.5 9
I Kilometers18
Figure 7. Map depicting pie charts showing percent composition of velocity preference guilds within fishcommunities at each site.
Mammoth CaveNational Park
Lynn Camp Creek f Big Pitman Creek
8-3A • J ' 8.7
8.0Di
Legend
Reproductive Guild
Open Water/Substrate Spawnerg Brood Hider3 Substrate Chooser~] Nest Spawner
0 Internal Bearer• Green River and TributariesMammoth Cave National Park
| Green River LakeUpper Green River Subbasin
I Kilometers18
Figure 8. Map depicting pie charts showing percent composition of reproductive guilds within fishcommunities at each site. U)
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Figure 9. Plot of PCA axes 1 and 2 offish data.
4.3E-02
100
3.3E-01
75
Distance (Objective Function)
6.1E-01 9E-01
Information Remaining (%)
50
1.2E+00I
GP 8 ODGP 8 3 1GR8."7
GR8.11 ,GR8.13 1
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Figure 10. Dendrogram depicting results of indicator species analysis of the 2007 fish data.
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