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. 2022 May 27;24(9):2885–2903. doi: 10.1007/s10530-022-02816-4

Table 5.

Summary of % CPUA (fish × (m2)−1) from site groupings in the Ausable River and Big Otter Creek

Ausable River Big Otter Creek
Family Species Site Grouping Site Grouping
Common Name Latin Name Lower Middle Upper Lower Middle Upper
Atherinopsidae
Brook Silverside Labidesthes sicculus 1.97 0 0 0 0 0
Catostomidae
Catostomidae spp. 0 0 0 0.64 0.91 1.30
White Sucker Catostomus commersonii 0.29 0.18 0.28 17.5 7.83 12.1
Northern Hogsucker Hypentelium nigricans 0.04 0.45 1.85 0.79 0.21 2.49
Golden Redhorse Moxostoma erythrurum 0.98 0.03 0.28 0 0 0.08
Shorthead redhorse Moxostoma macrolepidotum 0 0.15 0 0 0 0.10
Moxostoma spp. 0.18 0 0 0.16 0 0
Greater Redhorse Moxostoma valenciennesi 0.46 0 0 0.16 0 0
Centrarchidae
Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris 0 0.23 4.94 0 0 0
Pumpkinseed Sunfish Lepomis gibbosus 0 0 0.52 0.16 0 0
Bluegill Sunfish Lepomis macrochirus 0 0.07 0 0 0 0
Northern Sunfish Lepomis peltastes 0 0 0.57 0 0 0
Lepomis spp. 0 0 0.09 0 0 0
Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu 0.17 0.91 3.27 0 0.21 0
Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus 0 0 0.09 0 0 0
Clupeidae
American Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum 0.20 0 0 0 0 0
Esocidae
Northern Pike Esox lucius 0 0 0.28 0 0 0
Gasterosteidae
Brook Stickleback Culaea inconstans 0 0 0 0 0 1.06
Gobiidae
Round Goby Neogobius melanostomus 7.36 0 0 8.59 2.43 0
Ictaluridae
Black Bullhead Ameiurus melas 0 0 0.07 0 0 0
Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis 0 0 0.23 0 0 0
Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus 1.25 0.07 0 0 0 0
Stonecat Noturus flavus 0.14 0.20 0.08 0.16 0 0
Tadpole Madtom Noturus gyrinus 0 0 0 0 0.41 0
Leuciscidae
Central Stoneroller Campostoma anomalum 0 0.16 0.97 0 0 0.16
Northern Redbelly Dace Chrosomus eos 0 0 0 0 0 1.30
Emerald Shiner Notropis atherinoides 2.57 1.19 0.07 0 0 0
Ghost Shiner Notropis buchanani 65.7 1.99 0 0 0 0
Spottail Shiner Notropis hudsonius 0 0 0 0.16 0 0
Rosyface Shiner Notropis rubellus 0 28.0 17.3 1.75 1.03 0.49
Notropis spp. 0 0 0.36 0 0 0
Mimic Shiner Notropis volucellus 6.04 25.0 1.78 2.86 0.82 0
Eastern Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus 0 0 0.07 0.48 0.21 5.75
Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae 0 0 0 0 4.09 3.92
Spotfin Shiner Cyprinella spiloptera 0.91 5.75 8.10 8.43 1.85 0
Cyprinidae spp. 1.76 0.25 0.07 0.16 0 0.08
Striped Shiner Luxilus chrysocephalus 0.06 1.54 5.78 0 0 0
Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus 0.22 2.23 13.1 23.1 46.0 42.8
Luxilus spp. 0 0 6.46 9.54 0.41 2.28
Northern Pearl Dace Margariscus nachtriebi 0 0 0 0 0 0.08
Hornyhead Chub Nocomis biguttatus 0 0.08 8.39 0 0 0
River Chub Nocomis micropogon 0.24 1.47 1.08 8.90 1.64 0
Nocomis spp. 0 0 0 0.48 0 0
Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas 0 0 0 0.32 0 0
Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus 1.85 12.7 8.84 0.95 1.03 1.63
Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas 0 0 0 0 0.21 0.16
Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus 0 0.07 0 3.02 4.32 10.9
Percidae
Greenside Darter Etheostoma blennioides 3.80 9.83 3.88 0 0 0
Rainbow Darter Etheostoma caeruleum 0 0 1.31 0 0 0
Johnny Darter Etheostoma nigrum 2.74 4.41 7.50 3.34 22.0 12.3
Yellow Perch Perca flavescens 0 0 0 1.59 0.21 0
Logperch Percina caprodes 0.50 0.23 0.61 0.16 0 0
Blackside Darter Percina maculata 0.26 2.84 1.80 6.68 4.21 0.98
Percopsidae
Trout-Perch Percopsis omiscomaycus 0.26 0 0 0 0 0