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TABS Species Account TN00206

TN00206 BLUEGILL LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS

Tennessee Animal Biogeographic System TABS

version 12/2002


Taxonomy
Status
Distribution
Habitat Associations
Food Habits
Environmental Associations
Life History
Management Practices
References

References

789* Clay, W.M. 1975. The Fishes of Kentucky. 12. Ken. Dept. 
Fish and Wildl., Frankfort:416.

812* Jenkins, R.E., Lachner, E.A., Schwartz, F.J. 1971. Fishes 
of the central Appalachian drainages: Their distribution and 
dispersal. The Distributional History of the Biota of the 
Southern Appalachians, Part III: Vertebrates.:43-117.

816* 1980. Atlas of North American Freshwater Fishes. Lee, D.S., 
Gilbert, C.R., Hocutt, C.H., McAllister, R.E., Stauffer, J.R., 
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of Nat. Hist., Raleigh:854.

835* Cooper, E.L. 1983. The Fishes of Pennsylvania. Penn. State 
Univ. Press, University Park.

842* Scott, W.B., Crossman, E.J. 1973. Freshwater fishes of 
Canada. Can. Fish. Res. Board Bull. 184.:966.

849* Hoffman, G.L. 1967. Parasites of North American Freshwater 
Fishes. Univ. Calif. Press, Berkley:486.

1123* Ewers, L.A., Boesel, M.W. 1935. The food of some Buckeye 
Lake fishes. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 65.:57-70.

1125* Keast, A., Webb, D. 1966. Mouth and body form relative to 
feeding ecology in the fish fauna of a small lake, Lake 
Opinicon, Ontario. J. Fish. Res. Board Can. 23(12).:1845-1874.

1177* Bennett, G.V. 1954. Largemouth bass in Ridge Lake, Coles 
Co., Illinois. Ill. Nat. Hist. Surv. 26(2).:217-275.

1178* Carlander, K.D. 1977. Handbook of Freshwater Fishery 
Biology. 2. Iowa State Univ. Press, Ames:431.

1196* Flemer, D.A., Woolcott, W.S. 1966. Food habits and 
distribution of the fishes of Tuckahoe Creek, Virginia, with 
special emphasis on the bluegill, Lepomis m. macrochirus 
Rafinesque. Chesapeake Sci. 7.:75-89.

1200* Becker, G.C. 1983. Fishes of Wisconsin. The Univ. of 
Wisconsin Press, Madison:1052.

1203* Shomon, J.S. 1955. Fishing and fishlife in Virginia. Comm. 
of Game and Inland Fish., Richmond:104.

1230* Wang, J.C.S., Kernehan, R.J. 1979. Fishes of the Delaware 
estuaries. Ecological Analysts, Inc., Towson, Md:410.

1322* Raney, E.C. 1965. Some pan fishes of New York rock bass, 
crappies and other sunfishes. The Conserv. 19(6).:19-35.

1581* Seaburg, K.G., Moyle, J.B. 1964. Feeding habits, digestive 
rates, and growth of some Minnesota warmwater fishes. Trans. 
Amer. Fish. Soc. 93(3).:269-285.

1583* Snow, H., Ensign, A., Klingbiel, J. 1960. The bluegill, 
its life history, ecology and management. Publ. 230. Wis. Cons. 
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1584* Swingle, H.S., Smith, E.V. 1950. Factors affecting the 
reproduction of bluegill bream and largemouth black bass in 
ponds. Circ. 87. Alabama Poly. Inst., Agri. Exp. Sta.,:8.

1641* Hardy, J.D., Jr. 1978. Development of fishes of the 
mid-Atlantic bight. vol. III. Aphredoderidae through 
rachycentridae. Fish and Wildl. Serv., Washington, D.C:394.

1646* Kitchell, J.F., Windell, J.T. 1970. Nutritional value of 
algae to bluegill sunfish, Lepomis macrochirus. Copeia 
1970(1).:186-190.

1647* Applegate, R.L., Mullan, J.W., Morais, D.I. 1967. Food and 
growth of six centrarchids from shoreline areas of Bull Shoals 
Reservoir. Proc. Southeast. Game Fish Comm. 20(1966).:469-482.

2107* Stuber, R.J., Gebhart, G., Maughan, O.E. 1982. Habitat 
suitability index models: Green sunfish. U.S.D.I. Fish and 
Wildl. Serv.:28.

2196* Huish,, M.T. 1947. Food of the largemouth bass, the 
bluegill, and the green sunfish. Univ. of Illinois Press,.

4205* Jenkins, R.E. 1984. Fishes of Virginia (tentative)..

TN5057* Etnier, D.A. unpublished. Fishes of Tennessee. 
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN.

TN5071* Pflieger, W.L., 1975. The fishes of Missouri. Missiour 
Dept. of Conserv., Jefferson City, MO. 343p.

TN5182* Hoffman, G.L. 1967. Parasites of North American 
freshwater fishes. Univ. of California Press, Los Angeles. 486p.

TN5319* Martinez, G. J. 1980. A study of age, growth, and food 
habits of certain game fishes in Cordel Hull Reservoir, 
Tennessee. MS Thesis, Tennesse Technological Univ., Cookeville 
62p.

TN5335* Countant, C.C. 1977. Compilation of temperature 
preference data. J. Fish. Res. Bd. Canada 34:739-745.

TN5349* Cherry, D.S., K.L. Dickson, and J.C. Cairns, Jr. 1975. 
Temperatures selected and avoided by fish at various aclimation 
temperatures. J. Fish. Res. Bd. Canada. 32:485-491.

TN5380* Moss, D.D., and D.C. Scott. 1961. Dissolved oxygen 
requirements of three species of fish. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 
90(4):377-393.

TN5383* Cooper, W.E., and L.B. Crowder. 1979. Patterns of 
predation in simple and complex environments. Pages 257-267 in 
R. H. Stroud and H. Clepper (editors), Predator-prey systems in 
fisheries management. Sport Fishing Institute, Washington, DC

TN5388* Noble, R.L. 1981. Management of forage fishes in 
impoundments in the southern United States. Trans. Am. Fish. 
Soc. 110:738-750.

TN5389* Crowder, L.B. and W.E. Cooper. 1982. Habitat structural 
complexity and the interactions between bluegill and their prey. 
Ecology 63:1802-1813.

TN5391* Timmons, J. and R.D. Estes. 1980. Age and growth of 
bluegills in Nickajack Reservoir, Tennessee. J. Tenn. Acad. Sci. 
55:137-138.

TN5392* Bulow, F.J. and J.F. Heitman. 1979. Tune of Annulus 
formation of bluegills in three central Tennessee lakes. J. 
Tenn. Acad. Sci. 54:116-118.

TN5394* Bennett. G. 1971. Management of lakes and ponds. Van 
Nostrand Reinhold Co., New York, NY.

TN5930* not found in Bibliography

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