Factors Affecting Fish Populations In Flood Prevention Lakes Of North-Central Texas
During summer, 1976, limnological and fish population data were obtained from 56 flood prevention lakes of the Trinity River watershed. Fish samples obtained by gillnetting, electrofishing, and seining indicated that the principal fishes were largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides), bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus), black bullheads (Ictalurus melas), white crappie (Pomoxis annularis), green sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus), channel catfish (lctalarus punctatus), golden shiner (Notemigonus crysoleucas), and redear sunfish (Lepomis microlophus). Analysis of fish data was performed by simple and...
