The Influence of River Connectivity on the Fish Community and Sport Fish Abundance in Demopolis Reservoir, Alabama
Demopolis Reservoir is a short-retention (three-day) mainstream impoundment where sedimentation over the past 50 years has caused separation of some backwater areas and sloughs that were historically connected to the reservoir during normal water level periods. We collected fish with direct-current electrofishing from closed-access backwater (separated from the reservoir unless flood events occur), open-access backwater, and mainstream riverine habitats four times a year over a year and a half to document species richness, diversity, evenness, and relative abundance of all fish and major...
