Striped Bass Annual Site Fidelity and Habitat Utilization in J. Strom Thurmond Reservoir, South Carolina-Georgia
- 1 September 2002
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
- Vol. 131 (5) , 828-837
- https://doi.org/10.1577/1548-8659(2002)131<0828:sbasfa>2.0.co;2
Abstract
Forty-eight adult striped bass Morone saxatilis (3.2-19.1 kg) were captured by electrofishing in the tailrace of Richard B. Russell Dam and in the upper reaches of two major tributaries; they were implanted with temperature-sensitive radio transmitters and tracked approximately bimonthly for 20 months. As J. Strom Thurmond Reservoir downstream from the dam became thermally stratified in May, fish vacated the tributaries. From June to October, all striped bass were found within the reservoir's historical Savannah River channel. By August, most of the instrumented fish were found in the upper section of the reservoir, where optimal habitat was available throughout the summer owing to cool, artificially oxygenated hypolimnetic discharges from Richard B. Russell Dam. In mid-October the reservoir destratified, and fish dispersed from their up-reservoir summering areas and redistributed themselves throughout the reservoir. During early winter, the striped bass returned to tributary habitat or down-rese...Keywords
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