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TABS Species Account TN00219

TN00219 SPOTTED BASS MICROPTERUS PUNCTULATUS

Tennessee Animal Biogeographic System TABS

version 12/2002


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

References

816* 1980. Atlas of North American Freshwater Fishes. Lee, D.S., 
Gilbert, C.R., Hocutt, C.H., McAllister, R.E., Stauffer, J.R., 
Jr. (eds.). Pub. 1980-12 of N. Car. Biol. Surv, N. C. State Mus. 
of Nat. Hist., Raleigh:854.

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

1155* Eipper, A.W. 1975. Environmental influences on the 
mortality of bass embryo and larvae. Black bass biology and 
management. Sport Fish Inst., Washington, D. C:295-305.

1187* Pflieger, W.L. 1975. The fishes of Missouri. Mo. Dept. 
Conserv.,:173.

1271* Jenkins, R.M. 1975. Black bass crops and species 
associations in reservoirs. Black bass biology and management. 
Sport Fishing Inst., Washington, D.C:114-1240.

1272* Allan, R.C., Powers, J. 1975. Underwater observations of 
largemouth bass spawning and survival in Lake Mead. Black bass 
biology and management. Sport Fishing Inst., Washington, 
D.C:104-112.

1290* Bangham, R.V. 1933. Parasites of the spotted bass 
Micropterus pseudoplites Hubbs, and summary of parasites of 
smallmouth and largemouth bass from Ohio streams. Trans. Am. 
Fish. Soc. 63.:220-228.

1292* Swingle, J.H.S., Swingle, W.E. 1968. Problems in dynamics 
of fish populations in reservoirs. Reservoir Fish. Res. 
Symp.:229-243.

1314* Gerking, S.D. 1953. Evidence for the concepts of home 
range and territory in stream fishes. Ecology 34.:347-365.

1496* Deacon, J.E. 1961. Fish populations, following a drought, 
in the Neosho and Marais Des Cygnes Rivers in Kansas. Univ. 
Kans. Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist. 13.:359-427.

1539* Cross, F.B., Collins, J.T. 1975. Fishes in Kansas. Pub. 
Ed. Ser. 3. Univ. Kans. Mus. Nat. Hist., Lawrence:189.

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.

2124* Dendy, J.S. 1946. Food of several species of fish, Norris 
Reservoir, Tennessee. Tenn. Acad. Sci. (1).:105-127.

2171* Shiffer, C. 1979. Pennsylvania's endangered fishes, 
reptiles and amphibians. Penn. Fish. Comm., Harrisburg:3.

2309* Hubert, W.A. 1976. Age and growth of three black bass 
species in Pickwick Reservoir. Proc. Southeast. Game Fish Comm. 
29(1975).:126-134.

2310* Smith, P.W., Page, L.M. 1969. The food of spotted bass in 
streams of the Wabash River drainage. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 
98(4).:647-651.

2311* Vogele, L.E. 1975. The spotted bass. Black bass biology 
and management. Sport Fish. Instit., Washington, D.C:34-45.

2312* Howland, J.W. 1932. Experiments in the progapation of 
spotted black bass. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 62.:185-188.

2313* Hurst, H. 1969. Comparative life history of the redeye 
bass, Micropterus coosae, and the spotted bass Micropterus 
puncutulatus in Halavalcee Creek, Alabama. M.S. Thesis, Univ. 
Auburn, Auburn, Ala.:56.

2314* Ryan, P.W., Avault, J.W., Smitherman, R.O. 1970. Food 
habits and spawning of the spotted bass in Tchetuncte River, 
southeast Louisiana. Prog. Fish-Cult. 32(3).:162-167.

2315* Howland, J.W. 1932. The spotted or Kentucky bass in Ohio. 
Bull. Bur. Sci. Res. Div. Conserv. 1(4). Ohio Dep. Ag.,:19.

2316* Hodson, R.G. 1966. The first year life history of the 
largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides, and the spotted bass, 
Micropterus punctulatus in Beaver Reservoir, Arkansas. M.S. 
Thesis, Univ. Arkansas.:100.

2317* Finkelstein, S.L. 1960. A food study of four Centrarchidae 
of Lake Fort Smith, Crawford County, Arkansas. M.S. Thesis, 
Univ. Arkansas.:64.

2318* Aggus, L.R. 1973. Food of angler harvested largemouth, 
spotted, and smallmouth bass in Bull Shoals Reservoir. Proc. 
Southeast. Game Fish Comm. 26.:512-529.

2319* Mullan, J.W., Applegate, R.L. 1967. Centrarchid food 
habits in a new and old reservoir during and following bass 
spawning. Proc. Southeast. Game Fish Comm. 21.:332-342.

2320* Rosebery, P.A. 1951. Fishery management of Claytor Lake, 
an impoundment of the New River in Virginia. Trans. Am. Fish. 
Soc. 80.:194-209.

2321* Gilbert, R.J. 1973. Systematics of Micropterus punctulatus 
and M. leushalli, and life history of M. leushalli. Ph.D. Diss., 
Univ. Auburn, Auburn, Ala.:146.

2322* Brown, D. 1931. The basses of Arkansas and some 
experiments in their propagation. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 
61.:83-85.

2323* Viosca. 1953. Growth rates of black basses and crappie in 
an impoundment of northwestern Louisiana. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 
82.:255-264.

2324* Vogele, L.E., Rainwater, W.C. 1975. Use of brush shelters 
as cover by spawning black basses (Micropterus) in Bull Shoals 
Reservoir. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 104(2).:264-269.

2325* Towery, B.A. 1964. Fisheries investigation on flood 
control reservoirs, life history studies.:10.

2612* Smitherman, R.O., Ramsey, J.S. 1972. Observations on 
spawning and growth of four species of basses (Micropterus) in 
ponds. Proc. Ann. Conf. Southeast. Assoc. Game Fish Comm. 
25.:357-365.

2614* Dendy, J.S. 1946. Further studies of depth distribution of 
fish, Norris Reservoir. J. Tenn. Acad. Sci. 21(1).:94-104.

2615* Olmsted, L.L. 1974. The ecology of largemouth bass 
(Micropterus salmoides) and spotted bass (Micropterus 
punctulatus) in Lake Fort Smith, Arkansas. Ph.D. Diss., Univ. 
Arkansas, Little Rock.:126.

2616* Fajen, O.F. 1964. Introduction of spotted bass. Abs. of 
Fish. REs. Rep. #2. Missouri Conserv. Comm.,.

2617* Hall, G.E., Jenkins, R.M. 1953. Continued fisheries 
investigation of Tenkiller Reservoir, Oklahoma, during its first 
year of impoundment. Okla. Fish Res. Lab. Rep. 33:5.:4.

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

5376* Pflieger, W.L.. Unpb..

5612* Fajen, O.F. 1975. The establishment of spotted bass 
fisheries in some northern Missouri streams. Proc. Ann. Conf. SE 
Assoc. Game Fish Comm. 29.:28-35.

5712*...

6029* Scalet, C.G. 1977. Summer food habits of sympatric stream 
populations of spotted bass, Micropterus punctulatus, and 
largemouth bass, M. salmoides, Osteichthyes: Centrarchidae. 
Southwest Nat. 21(4).:493-501.

6309* Vogele, L.E. 1975. Reproduction of spotted bass, 
Micropterus punctulatus, in Bull Shoals Reservoir, Arkansas 
paper - 84. USFWS Tech. Paper.:21.

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

TN5072* Lee, D.S., C.R. Gilbert, C.H. Hocutt, R.E. Jenkins, D.A. 
McAllister, and J.R. Stauffer, Jr. (editors). 1980 et seq. Atlas 
of North American Freshwater Fishes. N.C. State Museum of 
Natural History, Raleigh, NC.

TN5168* Tennessee State Code

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

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.

TN5350* Dendy, J.S. 1948. Predicting depth distribution of fish 
in three TVA storage-type reservoirs. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 
75:65-71.

TN5351* Bettoli, P.W. 1979. Age, growth, and food habits of 
fishes common to the New River, Tennessee. MS Theses, Tenn. 
Tech. Univ., Cookeville. 79p.

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