The Fishes of Pea Ridge National Military Park, Arkansas, 2003.
Petersen J and Justus B. 2005. The Fishes of Pea Ridge National Military Park, Arkansas, 2003.. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Scientific Investigations Report. 2005-5129
A fish inventory was conducted at Pea Ridge National Military Park, Arkansas, during base-flow conditions in September 2003. Six sites including four streams and two ponds were sampled using conventional electrofishing equipment (a seine also was used at one site). There were 653 individuals collected comprising 18 species (plus 1 hybrid) and 15 genera. The number of species collected at the four stream sites ranged from 1 to 16. Most fish species collected generally are associated with small streams in the Ozark Plateaus. The two most common species were the banded sculpin and the southern redbelly dace. Three species and a sunfish hybrid were collected from the quarry pond. No fish were collected from the unnamed pond. Although no species collected in this study are federally listed threatened or endangered species, three species collected at Pea Ridge National Military Park may be of some special interest to National Park Service managers and others. Two of the species collected (cardinal shiner and stippled darter) are endemic to the Ozark Plateaus; both are rather common in certain parts of the Ozark Plateaus. The white sucker has a restricted range in Arkansas because northern Arkansas is at the southern edge of the white sucker's distributional range.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Petersen, James; Justus, Billy
- Date of Issue
- 2005
- Units
- HIST , HTLN , PERI
- Keywords
- ehistory, Fishes, History, HTLN Inventory, Wildlife