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TABS Species Account TN00220

TN00220 LARGEMOUTH BASS MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES

Tennessee Animal Biogeographic System TABS

version 12/2002


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

References

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1273* Kramer, R.H., Smith, L.L. 1960. First year growth of the 
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1275* Badenjuizen, T.R. 1969. Effect of the incubation 
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1276* Merrirer, J.V. 1971. Development of intergenetic 
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1278* Laurence, G.C.. Feeding and bioenergetics of largemouth 
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1279* Kelly, J.W. 1968. Effects of incubation temperature on 
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1280* Jargens, K.C., Brown, W.H. 1954. Chilling the egg of the 
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1281* Caldwell, D.K., Odum, H.T., Hellier, T.R., Berry, F.H. 
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1282* Brauhn, J.L., Holz, D., Anderson, R.O. 1972. August 
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1283* Carr, M.H. 1942. The breeding habits, embryology and 
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1284* Tebo, L. B., McCoy, E. G. 1964. Effect of seawater 
concentration on the reproduction and survival of largemouth 
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1285* Bryant, H.E., Hauser, A. 1971. Population estimates and 
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1288* Buck, D.H. 1956. Effects of turbidity on fish and fishing. 
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1290* Bangham, R.V. 1933. Parasites of the spotted bass 
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2618* Colle, D.E., Shireman, J.V. 1980. Coefficients of 
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2643* Coble, D.V. 1971. Effects of fin clipping and other 
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(micropterus) of Florida, with description of a new species. 
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Management implications for different genetic stocks of 
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predation in simple and complex environments. Pages 257-267 in 
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fisheries management. Sport Fishing Institute, Washington, DC

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energetics in the largemouth bass. Pages 325-363 in B.C. Pattern 
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1984. The relationship between aquatic macrophytes and sport 
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largemouth bass embryos at low dissolved oxygen concentrations. 
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and reservoir fishery management. Fisheries 9(4):6-9.

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