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Management Briefs: Altitude as the Determinant of Distribution of Largemouth Bass and Smallmouth Bass in Wyoming
Author(s) -
Hubert Wayne A.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
north american journal of fisheries management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1548-8675
pISSN - 0275-5947
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8675(1988)008<0386:mbaatd>2.3.co;2
Subject(s) - micropterus , bass (fish) , fishery , latitude , altitude (triangle) , growing season , biology , environmental science , ecology , geography , mathematics , geometry , geodesy
Altitude, which indirectly determines the length of the agricultural growing season, can be used to predict the establishment of populations of largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides and smallmouth bass Micropierus dolomieui in Wyoming. These species can be expected to become established at altitudes of less than 1,900 m above mean sea level where an agricultural growing season of at least 100 d occurs. This prediction is confirmed by the distribution of known populations of the species in Wyoming. Latitude was not a good predictor of the potential for Micropterus naturalization in Wyoming.