| | Accession Number | 5004451 |
| | Title | Ecological importance and conservation status of river shoal habitat |
| | Project Description | To address information needs expressed by the US Fish and Wildlife Service on the ecological |
| | importance, status and critical habitat features of shoal habitat in the southeast U.S., we are |
| | characterizing the unique ecological function of shoals, and preparing an inventory of loss of shoal |
| | habitat, in southeastern river ecosystems. We are also preparing a synthesis of the effect of shoal |
| | loss on imperiled species in the southeastern U.S., and analyzing habitat-features essential to |
| | shoal function in general and for selected shoal- dependent species, in particular. For the first |
| | phase of work, we are using published and unpublished data to prepare the ecological |
| | characterization of shoals, and an inventory of shoal loss and isolation focusing on selected river |
| | basins, and spawning habitat requirements for an imperiled shoal-dependent species, the robust |
| | redhorse Moxostoma robustum. |
| | Keywords | hydrologic alteration, imperiled species, river shoals, |
| | Principal | Mary C Freeman, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center: mary_freeman@usgs.gov; Byron J |
| | Investigators | Freeman, University of Georgia: ; |
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