Abstract
A diverse warmwater fish community has persisted in the Lake Greeson tailwater, despite hydropower releases of cold hypolimnetic water. Forty-eight species of fish were collected by electrofishing in the upper 16.1 km of the tailwater. Hydropower releases have reduced the abundance of some of the warmwater sport fish in the upper tailwater, and their populations are probably maintained in part by recruitment from downstream. Angling effort has been diverted from the warmwater sport fish populations to a put-and-take trout fishery.
Recommended Citation
Frietsche, Richard A.
(1982)
"Warmwater Fish Community of a Cool Tailwater in Arkansas,"
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science: Vol. 36, Article 10.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol36/iss1/10
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