ML053260572

a Biological Survey of the Upper Mississippi River System

ML053260572
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Site:	Monticello
Issue date:	06/01/1940
From:	Moyle J State of MN, Dept of Conservation
To:	US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
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P IS IE RI BSRlESLAPCHi 73 P~... .-I A BIOLOGICAL SI... !I ..14 Fl.9......LI.. ... .9.'.9.9.9.9.9 John.1 9 9 9. 9*9*1W. 10 I j* .p...,* .I.. 9 iJ'I-LI, YRVEY OF ThE UPPER MISSISSIPPI I RIVER SYSTEM ...**.1* I*.* .J. I* .9 ....;..f99. 9.'9..Biologist

• • 0 '*partment oI Conservation oI' Game and Fish ** ...* .4*** £June 2.,. 1940 p...*'9.9* .9* .....3.*** i*I*9 ..t ... I. .,... .S. *..,.s.** *I. 9 ..9 .*. ... 9.".. ***9*,*. p 9 I..Si ...**9I ji 9.. 9-..*. ,.,. ..9... t f .9 9 .9 1..*;.d, 999..3 L Commissioner or Conservation-IAssocikt Miflnes ota De Divisio.9..I Submitted to Dr. Wmn.'1-'

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o.nd __-imno_ _ied V aters BottcM samIPles MMcro taken in impounded wvater of *theo ?ississippV2..'

ivcr at Sauk P.apids, Little.Falls and Brainerd; at Anola, Pambridge j-** -* *. * .ts.;:nd nilaca on the Rum Rliver and Lake Orono on the Elk River. AS'show n:o ,' n t~ho table below, bottom fauna weeights we re found to avora-e about-4tinesdhigher in non-impounded .than in impounded .taters. .<: a umbor of Mean number qf Mean dry Vit. .Friver Collections moranins/;yd gean d 2 t.1n -Thzpounded

..2.. 1;eo.. e ::1b .-2. i ..- 'on-- sond -.: .38 ,; .' d e.. , : ; .1950 ....:..-.9 .6 587.ou .*. ; i- 55 1.61346:* on-impounded', .18 3510 ......: ., 9*27*Elk Impounded

.... 2 .* 585 P-2056--. on-impounded

• 9 1885 ... 4.O034: ' .V' iis54 sippi system;..,,*

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.,.".'.X L i msy.ste'd 25 882*.on-impoundcd

-98. -' 2495. .. 8.1099 L5J~~~ *. ..* .. 4.lL.fIect o f.'Weod Bed5sand W.'ater Depth : ... .' .,.-.'.; .. ..At most of the 'tissis3ippi River stations bottom sample were 'tken in three different types of habitats; in weed. beds.with a ...depth. of less than 4.5 foot, in areas bare of weeds with a ivater deptb.<K of less than 4.5 fsot and in the river channel which was bare. of.weeds '.nd had'a water depth of 4.5 to11 eoot. As is shbo'n in the follovwing c., table., the densest bottom fauna population was found in th6 weed beas ri-".. in shalloyi wrater, the sparsost population on the bare gravel bottps O t.:the channel and an in"crmediate numbor on tho bare bottomninnbhallow:.*..*'^;<

T:hter..,.Tho dry vwcightn would probably run in tho same order if thei;...... fect o'.the woights of clixns an dfingernail clams wore eliminated fro.avora GO f or' the doep water samples. :,aj..,l:.

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.,- '.:1:Jj* ' v.~i~r I3 ; F'tPAT 0 SU.-E P .iISSISSIPPI RIVE ..R V.* '. .** OF t.10 .*'j .. .: -* -.h* .Astudy of the lar-er invertebrate bottom fauna oS tte upper.'is s'. i.iR1 ;iver c-y..tem was incl-ded as par- of the General bio-logical survey. As is sho'znn in. P 't !V o. t iS repo-.'t, t1; e ' X *,lannlto-.

of -most por c-.s of te upper I,'is sippi Qystem is L., s-cav-Le as to be o .litle direct importance as food for fishe.*'r he-e bottoom fauna-is then the =in sourcov of food Supp Y for fish...**.6ny .stockin policy rst take into accountu the nature and the -**;.amount of thihi supply. It should bG reicmbered that during. the@ t mcrvhs of July,,. August and early "September, when all the samples* 'ere taken, the bottom fauna -is lzrSt plenti.ful because of the `-.L .embrgence.of many of the aquatic insects. aSsmples bore so tXen i n the field to obtain data upon.the follotwing probles:..

-. .1. The relative 'Grtility of different portions of the r upper hississippi River system.2. Ote relative fertility of impounded and non-impounded

-' .river V"L er. .* ..3. 'IThe off et of aquatic plant griowth upon bo-tom pppu- :, l*tions. .* ..... -4. The effect of water depth upon bottom populations.

'.5. The relation of predatory to non-predator species in the bottom. fauna. ..-;.. ;.;.; *. .'. ."' : , .'A .:, -A*. ..* ., ...,A * ,; , .*4 ** ,/A * * .; * ' .-: A I;--s; I.g (j Lg- .. ;C .r .^- S* .;:_I -T- -C .... ,il ,; -. , .7! ..r. '* :ino :;ccics o0 cU1 .in- tu V.'1- -'r O F the Urer./ %,r.xr .yston. rhc. ccna:'Od -o t':e zr P-a Cies. tL ;-a. f C-h2-ar f .t O .i ar j:r.clurL

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J>']':; yi2 ' ' ;';Et1 iZ a .s a rzther S ara £-un .ZhiS, S recuct-io.'

sn r.uuebe of'* e ic probably the resu2. of t^e bar'r~o: to alrx' Lish mig'ticn Fa.L2,tht c- z: b,? t9he S? .thin n a I S 4ce P C *- ':3._S. .hlat so-e of th~e;e l+/-ow;xj .:Lae.; .iRor M-_p.ii Ci~ do occasionallyy est s-o ish thms e ves above St. Anthony Falls is shovmr by the occurence Of a valve of T-r3tagonia ve~rrucoz-in the Sa-uc RTivpr in 1939. The ; .chances of the survival of such occasional introductior.s are .slight! be Zi .se of the necossity of both: a suitable habitat and a suitable fish nhbst being present. .*In t he past, cc : r ;ia.2 clam.ming has been carried or. in th;iss .pi-i2 CroV,. Crov: ,Linri; and RIum Rivern. The MiSissipp.

River has..P.not bccn very heavily clasn_-Gd because cof the small eize "-and t.hinoss of the shels of the crwinercial species. The lrigcst and heav'Iest sholl"s;...* ...of trhe urper :Lsziss-ip.i River systeri are t-hose of the Crovi, lower'Cro

...;j ..T'Ung and lo..er Rum Riv rz.. Se-e Table (P )* n the couror of the l939 Curve,-: twro clazmi'ng outl-its wero se-n, one- on t"he UIssi-sippi River*. at Friclcy and the other on the CI:ow IWing River at Pillager.

A' *.n? ;1 '* o MAraotc-.

l'e.- of cl~ ^ Cl () -* -.r i*,..: * .: .' ..SIl- ;: ; '.2 j.tZ ii~ ~ : ~( arc-31. ;:chect. -hi' 03 r occur L,~th ZoFc: mu -nd lovwcr Crow.. Wains CA-,., cL'j b-!ti an ~*h c~~nz peCi.C, an comaong thbut~ r~c nc.Lirerct systazs m z: C2sZ-1C LIO 1 eO m C~ 1.' Clv.1r..drice oP tporshcll,-,,, -=de-T thr___nch__in________________t is___am a r 01 .. ______________

(.:.co ,On arJ ncu-n 4-*tib.r,.

rVe,,. was collected-:

fro:-; t'e n u r lk Saic and--P. r JLtC T112V a 't ela S 'c1-I .:e I~ are mal3 andl tLhin and 'hcave no.....LI 3. !.-nodonta grndic n (Lrea). "Floate r. The L:;:- I; corrnon'n.. thori2cs flclz ~ r but11 i--: -sa- lly I-lacing from. the.Liv e.C *L-tocins -aa:C tlakmn f-rof.r; the Sau-_-, .T1-un,=Elk Crot,/cA- -~~~pi ~a~~tran .+/-sissippi River's.i-o r qa o c f *- this E ciic: c inoroascs tcward the Ineady;ate rs Of ...t~zaa its~ often tho ornly species pt'escnt in the alecres Th1-e sh~ell iAS to o thin to have any c ormmne r c L value. :~___ q:f,. .s~ciii (Say). Faper-sh cll. _-Thiz thSin shelled1/2 1 s-eciczeY.v'ns takean o~nliy frcm the Rurn RIver at Anokca, vihere it is c ormon par-*,i frran the Miss esippi Rive~r at. Fridley., where iLt. i S rare. -it is of j --ommercial, Value. .*.5.Lipiarr.S recta (L~awpraoe).

Long Johin. Thaic JarGe, pu r pli sh C s .ecrarnncn TTtwater of 'the Micsiscsippi River at a depth. of thre e to six: feot. Th-e nu mb or s` take n he ro wiath al ar b ar hau 1 z;e em t o agree ..wiith the estinz.tes of ca:ntmcrcial clsw:rer-r

~ACx1Ct r.i- siecites makes uo0)a1Cbout ton per cc-nt of the total clani populatlon of the ;'ississipp P !i ve a'J _hi Cseaciles wvas alzo takcn near the r.:-out;-

olf the C.-ow-River., in the ..I mthof the L1IIC oie ne. from the Grozi 1Ci"n1 ?Rivar .t Pilllagazn.

Lonc.~~ OhP r ae not az avidl~ ~povght i'or by conraercia)l colsors a8 some of the LIPth e1 W-occiaz bocause. the p-arple col or of the na'crco maIc C;S th enr ofiless .;~value for buttons.J)The writer wizhss to thank 1ii~ss Cbarlotte Bacvi cy o f the c State Juni or College HitEibbing-.., MinnczetaI.L who did most of the taxonomic' WoXr on ~this *T()Lit of,: h Ozt~ are tac~!.cn Crz .%~fae 19028). The frLesh water-..***~.

J. %A Ja.t ..... ..................., A, %.:::' " Co0lctcions of LishA ore talcan th-,ouIhout t'he upper !"ssissippi

.-[ jiv. r syster dur'..g the suirter o- 139, w! t,, thc viewi of dete-nminin;.I-e nat' vc species of' f',ih Prsnt :a:1d.the-zuccoS` CO;' P-st plantings L- gea rnoner c:-c oreic. h gear usodi includck&

BfcelC3s, hooo nets, sgill r nets and trot li.cs. +/-'oy7-f'ou;.

SpEcieS of .fish.were collected.-An:.

.'%ranctow 15st of those SJOC.t 5, 6S. it ot'rOhor B cios that[Ihave beer prev'ous'%-r reortod or co'lctcd fr'-c this draV.-'.-

-7.r-ea is Inc lu '. 'X'..ss-az In this lio4 iS the infCznatior ga4ned on. :.Ji.tribution Snd r-z2.ative abundanco ofi'thoG.

species. Each o' the fieldi..E coll0ctions V-a2 accommpanied.

by field notes and in most cases cbeir.tcal,.

physical, plankcton and bottom fauna data. Because o- the acute natur;the Minnesota bait problem special ste s .;as placed upoon the -, col'cc'ing G- mirnnowvs.

A pennanent collection of the minnows and other species di'fficut t o det=rmine in the field has been estnbllshedat

' ha-University of 0linnesota,.

.... .,....It has not been possible to get rclable est.mates as to. actua) .[gound e of fish L-or acre for dlf'Eeranlt areas of the upper 1.-sissi-pi River system. The dif-'fic-ltics of seoining in fast tvater that has larger.Lnumbers of dead-heads prelude this t ype of' 'oric. For the general ...!ra tiv4 abundance of the diffeorent species see the annoted list.The 1-c Sh- Faun= * *L Of the f'fty-tuo Species of fish k;no:;n f'rom the upper M'Aississippi If r ivor a5rStem rll are nctive excent the `r1o1o Trou (Surber. 1920)., Germann o ..cL:n Trcu., -.inbov: Trout, and. -M ' : .any of the 5 ler i; re:have bceon stocc:c.d ct O tir.: ::;; one or more specics of t-rou'. t ,-TC. G.a, n Car 'haom ben accident.a'ly ntroducod witlhin the last Cw.e-ty L.ii6

• vcuirn, u io.on2 n -.1..L Cr1' Ls bait. Seining ;.'5,am :,)zs )I"' boi o oc::.. ~nte[:i lQ.° -'1w~ ss _v;C5._ v i;: "':tj'in the 2%iio~sissipp;i Ri vc i; 04 Pridley," rnop'. County. Ca:^% ;erc also t'.c;Cn r,;.T. the :-south o- tLhe. Crow. River ati >ton, er.rnepl C3untyj, avd about a ramle bclov the fLississippi Rive;[ cdan at ct. Coud..-.e Fo-ot intte-stin, fedAL.tr3 o' thr £sh f.un- of the upper.---iver z:,ryZtor-z it the absenc3 cL cuc.n river epecieo. as tbe Chzannel Cat, the Sstripead Eass, the eQuillback, the G-izzard-shad; -the*.0'turgeoron vd the Paddle-fish.

T-hse spacces are or have been co-mmo in t1;ke lo;-?3.'snr s ipp, tiho ;ra ca-_ the lourar St. Croix Rive s w 7U. .:s (thlIntinr.

of dostr'bution has probably been 16rought about by thee,.£t. Ant~hony Falls vwhich 'has preeent;ed a br~rz iir to flsh ;:.iration since':..t;-.e r e t r ar of the 7 ast Ploi.wtocene

",.c zheet. It sceOmsprobable -hat t *ho fish Epecies riesent in the upper Yississippi drainage-have.'entered..-

t7, fl : \ ,* .-s.'_-.It uring *pozt-Pleictoccenc tin:es from the headwsaters .ofthe 'Lake. Agassizv..(the prznent Rod Ri ver of the. Iorth drainage area)' and the StC Croix drainage.

arcas; It v;i.'I be noted that all the species prers.nt .i-the'.,:

upper Ilississip~i syste-,m either sp.end ll C- part of their live1.tin in s~naml', .rea.-ms or occur in, Ic.- 'aice- and stre=:ms .At Un rs of aood:watr.

.' such species could easi-y migrate over the sw.aimpy places on the d`'vides -, Z. sepama tink- the upper YMissisaippi and St. Croix and Red River systexn .;...Z- Z .cOno .ic .. .'._.There are 10 Species of gaza fish in the upper M~ississippi River Y system. They are W.DII-6yed Pike, Pickerel., ?,'uslcallunge, Perch, Rock Bass, L Small-mouth Slaclc Bass, Large-mouthiBlack Bass, .Dluegill and Sunfish.::.'

.p.- tThe species T;;ozt soaluht "or by anrLzor,, are the E all-n;outh Black Bass, Y Wallo-cyod PLUiG, 1=skcllunr.Ce adc. Lar-o-rout' DhBlack Bass. ThG' nost: aundanl f ar -.szh ;is the F.on- E&ss. Rivo- fs:'n., at present, is carried on.. *mostIly by the local residents.

Touris' fishir.n in central !Ninrosota si (.* '-*

-11/05/28a4 04:27 4le7714204 EA ENGINEERIN3 PAGE al/07~ od ~Post-it' Fax Note 7671 a2¶2 7 O).ijzoCI.batqp canC Chirano, at-;:Rvr ysa viera doter.- ehd '.1n.2xozt coases to geus Sro or.: the'difficult grou~pz such as-tthr. craddla Cl2io-- the aquzatic~ealrthworms an d:.some of the tr.ac f"l detormtinaticna wre ndet up.The leechot vtore deter~ined to cpeoiesM.

rykh f o11 Ow inj chock li.st '.hw the OZ~~stkcoA to~athor vith the ~umber of~ jstat;Eons.

r~.hiob. each wa taken. B7 ecnsu2.tinj~

thi.s'list aznd Tabe Ite~ltive-'~~portanlce oI' an-r .t~x~on ic Sr'ou p c~n be detwermained.

An aisterix()

preednS ]7e- nae nd~zaezthat this. 3roup or~spec5.es is considered.In the 11tereiturc as being, prodaceouo, "~A fe%7 of~ tlieso sta~rrd"(*,, groups J. ae omnivorous.

The -total'numnber of coallecat i on6 %on Whidh counts were .-A.-t ade Is 123. .£ -1 Noi

• t odes 5b Kuopterai

..i"*Corydn2lis

...1~:.-*.*rpobdella~

punetaita 23 ~ .. ;.. ..~*G0lonsipihonis complanatn

.: -. hezxe rida!*Olo3siphoni.

fusce& 1.5 ..8OL8&2 Csosiphonic nophclol.dea.

.4 ct a0rnop Bact1;.."24..

VII os r 1pn1. Ia tagnaLlis 22 ~ .B-rachyoorvus-S'4?Xcrodalle.decraCallibaetis e~epbelops is obzcu.ra *.1..Cerntroptilum.;

Cruztc~con Clocon Asel oalu.nt9ea..

..i2*C'0Otcorpe Hy~ale3 32 ~hmr1*4..Arachnids a,~.*** Ephoron 2*Eydraclarinids'HOPULnia 2..Tron 1-1 r. 'II-'.4**~ ~ ,

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heen'tu.)

4Ge~.* ~~Ftecnonon.

3idot1c.E'ricarythodep

• . .EeptcecriLdae 20 O4oatao .....i .io13.n lidao~, 27.1 n oir, a 1r i on.* *Pzil3otreta

~1Trip-onodem

.,CoenagR~oa, .4Atob J...icrmiuc

5. Ceratopagonidae 040" Cb12onai~daO .ho~L~bc11~a' 3Sir M.Iiidae 2 cc;hs1*Taibsiddae 6< jK 7 Io~~ Snai1~c* *... .C Arniola' .46. <.*T.operlL Grui:.-Poerris 2Plauroceira2:.

Ainai ...Piu*diun 2= ~.Sphar~u=50~

Elmis.41.-Parid au t: 12.I * .~ u 8~:;1 SU=6ryof he'uppor FZ'om thiis l.ist anh h the bottom f'auna o Msissippi IRivoe' systom given in- Tab3.e i,.t, -it% II be seen tht he': great bulk~ is toade up. of aquoatio carthworme

.:..!a~rvae (Fphnnrrida), buttle lar" _________era padp.fylr I *('ric opte)znc:o 1' --(0 and c-r~cio ~ ics.blcc 11/05/2004 e4:27 .4le7714204 EA ENGINEERING PAG:-. :J1-I .I.(.. .trot-,S. I ".', Linn. 'Leafisfi, Bew f In. One srpocimpan wjas takirn'.*

<~Rivcr at Li4tt~a PFll-. it probably occurs Dfffsizz+/-rp2i botz above r-n d bc lew thl& station..:'.)fC "bLin:no0:u, German' aar, V'c'~t. Thi~s $pece ha~~ .~!L 1 1~;the P:L~t tWent-y ronra in =any of the zmal2er st.reams or ti Mic~issipu1

!5.vor ~jtr.none 0.ere ~keri during Llu~'~ns'*etu~ot b Rrainba.,, T'rout. Plrunted .n: O7~r~c7s't:5-ghut'Ueupper 1hisricsippi River system. *I .I. .f ~SJjjJ~ "+/-orntinaliI lXit-chl.

rokTrut tensivol7y.

.7..., lor S ,Lnra~ throushout th~ eUpper IMiSt.ssippi em.t. ..i'ti:1%V at be~.ng pre~eTt In =e~ of 'theso str-eams.'

None .2 c"kUI1`by g In the summer ot1, 9-. " : o %xYcrincl2r.c (Cuvier arid Valenciennes) pufa C& rr- *;' ) from tha vcielnity of Grilnd Ropida&, and P'riedrc.:i.>I

~ :i.~ '- ~ ~a~ ~. Coud ~o -T~re were taken onte~~.eYx~te=

during tno surmer of 19,39, nor are anyol a~a 1~ fromthits area..oI er ANcIssrippi River system but maoe *~ 1 .butriosthu in the Micaiseippl itcolf~. Spbcimons'Q~e' ~undant in mos t o, the zmsaleh.r rivars and In.7.t tura~ol= M (tSour). Red-Flo-se.

-Conmron in the*:Vfrj J n ~ crwu Win8 RIAVers. ~oto h olciong;Watsr (Ou~rrnt 'I to 3 L ~c ctpsi' "zzcnd) and ovor Gravel* :. e rne, c1 secimons were ta3rcn in the srnaller tributary

.-nI uru (.RidfiflSque).

'V.12ite-noscd Suckeor.; -.pI %81IEppi River from Mi+/-nneapolis to Croaby and ln -!Abundant In the alax 1water of' the Crow River., near-!.L ~

• 11/05/2034 04:27 4107714204 EA ENGINEER1N5 PAG3= EW407 le sul! zcooatd ~t~t.th Yo Uno adb'3 the. 2 tcleacd z.r XO. 11toto-izcnur chr'jcoleucr~s (I111tcb+/-12).

Geldeni Bbier. .* Rarco Lin th.ai+/-'pndve c !its tributaries.

Cor=0:Oz!

in a Small *o~dY: tributary of the Cron ~ir neair 'St. Bcrd~ciuc.

Li** ii. ).*; r&riac u s r-a.rLr It a n~c ht A,+/-obwi i.C ox) Va ch t r i Cb f Sa ce.Takem vat Govan sta o~ ~e~tnestations on. the, r p~Crow T5.rig Piver systezi and rromt the Ri~var, at Clet~nwater.

This~ dace k.16 n. ct abunra~rt-In =a11 rilverZ and brookts. *~ .r< 2. aerotriixc e-ro-taouhatus atrot-Lculatus (IrAitchill)." Creek Chub.'r'This is M tc 1 er ao c~oriz hE :ppor 1.11mlezippi River system,.*..reachine a& 1engh Of clrhto Jnclew.:1.

Is,+/- di.atributed throughout the ,role iyatem but is moct- commcn in the -rma2.er altrear. It var -taken ait..to. iotzis ccrirlutur

(:thl) Coron Shine r. Common .in" th&3.y.: aaip.ano.

n3I. £t.ztribUtries.

The subspeeies frontall1s Avaselz ~~a~nd an 15cephalus

'71af-nesque appea~r to be a~bout equally abundant and x.n%..>interE~rdasoccur between. them. *... .14. Xotroll~ Ahjip~1il s-ilqperus Copo. Northexrn Steel.-colored..Ainer. S a~t~ ezcLapt on'-oI Zhe Comraon Shiner,r this :ic the -moat abund nt-minno.7 iz the upper M&isiasippi system,. Oollections were mnade at tbirty-one stations i~sprorentin.g all typee of babitatc accept small slugginv.'streruns

15. Egttppis h Iud. ari qs seez q (Cordari).

Spot-tall JMinnow. 'Taken i.t jf tive stationt, on the-R ~aefssfipp Rivcr bct eon 141rneapollis cnd St;. Cloud-.*.and in tho k~k IRivor no~r Its mouth. At none of these stationc was tho srmclies LnbundLmt',-;-rozst of thce 1o1lction w:ore a cinlrle pcm .16. VTotro:5..s dorzali3 dorralis Agacoiz, lhimnio Zhinci-. -.Collect e d'-~at eafvon i 75l ? ther nsm~all rivers and creolt. Absenlt from'*both the 11actissippi River &nn =nll brooks. T7his minnow was quite abundant in the Loart, Recd-aye and Svian. River~s.*

• 17. ','otronlz et role'N.aM Ei -ennnf and Eigofn~nnn.

Northorn Black-nosed ZhlrieF. -~I~ae taE n~xro-m'only t~ireo or the sairaller tributaries., the Swan and L~ong ?rairic- Mvers &n~d Nosquit~o Creekc noar L~otley....

18. !?otroois haterod'an Copo. Black-cbhlnnd Shiner.- A BE2le.o. peciman, to .crlo i~ C1*ow Wiffini Ri1vor at Nimrod. ..~!. 19. 11ont. binttv~tne (1-irt'. d) n:h hu.-Comr^?I th.v+/-.i1As 1: *pe*) ~ 1clU117 abuandant in-20. e ..:(:.' Vo-1c-nCe I onos. Long-nosed

--n-6 ku.k R vo-s.**r 1/524042 417124EA EN'GINEERING PAGE 3)5M~L &1or Mi. Zf~~ E7- e,-, creclz and' broolx-. Only ono.Uqi4rs4yj F~.v',or and ztone froz. t hT C J aridin 'rr h the Rlum &flQ CF:Ow -AVo0~ 05FAZirxcad Occa."ionn.

In rot o t'ie othor.tr~ibt-ry stroarns et the uppdr-r IN'-lazi-

.1Uve~r. "'aken at sixten etaticns.

V.U crpee. as i most abundant In alcy; wattr over muddy-botto=,.;

• 23. E!sbOh-_nchu. -cati,2 x (in o quvs) Blunt-notsd luInno¶'.Gco~on tboS~~i intifre upPD r ' .-Uve r symtem. Ta1cor"a JVTc,.t-0i S t Lt Ion 3; C A on t1qa I S S 1C ippi fliv e r and nos t of the r a t, onl erokz End. smroll ries lint ccnmor. in. broCU3..in 10e- Cxo5 InZ~Iu FUM,,RVe7r z~zez=; Oecaional in the tributaries of't `C-otY g.,lu iver, cund ir& the tSaulc P:ivrz.. Tci.L~ apceia- ~eaem to prefer h rud bottomed etoream arces. ...25o C;_1 ~tX11 (Rafinescjue).

Z2toneroller.-

Oocaciona..

'LI -Cm1rtRtZt8Ev z`t bottomA..

T&el~e at three cstatIons.

on .K t he Axrm River ant one on the Platte Rivei-. .r< 26. LP4 o. armlo Lrinnaeus.

• Go ='ar. Carp. -Common i-n the lUb kC~wter a.rea's or thc i ET~ River in the vicinity of~ Fridly "and-: D aT-ton and Ir. the mzouth of the Crow Ri~ver at Dayton. T.h-e on~ly othor ..~,5peo1.nan talcenr wie lorcr the 14isslssippi Rietw niles bolow St~. Cloud~.~.Aedrich (I3A3) reporta tbtat carp ares common in the lakes, soutli otr 76=~i~ *cer~.~i to arce'. this speoies Is most a~bu.ndsx.t in the llicsiscMpi River 1r. the srzring. .The fait vwater and gr 4 avel.bottozz-of~the Misfiliir cr seem to be unsu¶ited for the carp. ZNo, appreciableK

'd~an1Ee to rAq1Uatic

.%aeUettion t.'az observed in the areas fronvwhich carp.~>were talken..*: ..-arge- strx Mz tov.SFt the Up'.pr VJiss~ipp" .- 7 s6em; abundant in the lover'Cro-a F.-.vr. OCezio-nai.n the stialler Etreans." 22. !AneirtInstalis (Le.-eur').

Yellow Bullboad.

-Co~on;-. range--h ez e's A. =e1Wxa.29. LAneir,,iz nebulasus (Le Seur). Cotmnon'Bullhaad. -Coimon in tbe..~tspTRva E-t-L -te Vtlit. -Repor'tcd b,' F~riedrich

-(193Z) from 30 c~hilbeodet jUrinus (11itchill).

Tadpolo Cat. -Occasional.-throu~rhout ti he eftT rc upter rxss~ i ver ysytozm. Most co~ofl in-.-cast heater of roderate1l

~iz4d at oan.3. F-one ivere taken 1n smal.l brooks. '**3iVcr 4tc fE 3cr. Ozational~

in, t'h. creeks andl b ro ok3.

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~ .~c~o1. i'~.Roportod o~ccae-'.A~th AVX .pau-nd1;~z~C epeciztn vs seen.that L d bccn taken~ fr:-.. bu%!.-Ad tha dan: L,' !ajri..~lla

~.UmbraW3 5m-1 (Xirtlan~d).

!Zid VAinnc1. T-alccn ohly from the'mdy-.d pondod VE~cchogo o' be Cro~v ar~d Ru pivz~r nsystms. iPcported by, rrl.d~rich f1$~ £rom' theC &ZAu.i !devcx .'r 354. Fur.dulus diahnus menona ~o rean and. Coyo1and.

Tp'Yinnow.

• • Tit Ircn on1yI oWne.- Z i;Fics a ~ vz at a. C'vul Reparted by Pr'1iodrich 1~ from thc Swu~c River, isLmxe_.n.

bam Trout 2erch. Coruuon i the ?:isicsippi HIto btean Aioylzand Crosby. Col~lected a1ro t Iow e tr&t oboec of the C)~Pumi~ Cro'; FU vo rc...56. Eucalla incin3'teno (KIrtland).

Stickl~eback, Com= on' In rJuddy and ve~jy ara j Rum R'iver systern. Taken also from a.drirnaze dilch tributt'y to the Grow River near St. flonifacius.

-_ .l P-secies is com.monly associated with Cbr'oaous ods and UmbralJimi..

PrA~n. C-adifto* 37. Iota Yr.culorna le Seur~. Burbot. -Roported b.Friedri6_h

'(J93-3)..-om.t-he Mltfgzasippi F.1r at St. Cl.oud.*P=n. Athe rindc* ~ : 38. Labideethes zlcculus-Copes Br'ookc Silverside.

RnPre; 'one lepecimen takeno te uc ivrand ono from the'Lowzer Crcu Rivers.. ---Jiporte6.

£rot. the Misaiazippi by F'riedrich (19N). s 39 uo(Le Str.LarSe.-rcuth BlackBass*7,C~o~n in 'tie 'L~prf River rr~d the lar~er tributa~ries, e specially

/7 7 ,in pondd %water behind dox-m. .T-ken at rittoer. etations.

... .<40. I.!!crop",e dolornicu Lacopede.

Smacl1-mouth B'raol Bans'- a..:CO=n~o In faEr ?wi~,eof~E the;2a clippi RiIver and of the levier. Rum:Rv~: Talcen at eight stations on the U11saisippi.

41. 6 lortis c~rana2~.uc_ (Rafincsqzjc).

Litutlo Green Sunr ish ... *..Oc C rs i 0= ~1.n bc!,iawttcrzof%~

the rasi.-ippi.

Rivor and the larger:*tribi.:trrjen aM-, in hoasc =.-d none~cd Dcrtion-9 of zrn~ller streams. No.,~,er-clmn o'o t_ 1 o.a-a ; Qr#v- ..A6ng 1 flvcr ystcrm. This. species 'and.!tha POC11 Betcc occur f'ai*trcr

-4; the crL.;2cr ctrccanz than any other.sn~r chb .*2ne~.~~c ino:" (Ouvier o.nd Valonciennon).

B2.Ueri.1l z:?;; f~ t"'.,: M i *~~ RVer and ocoacional' in ~*~% ~ ~*. r ~

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'Rtan the prbacdinjar Ir tinb S i~pcr 7i a~zalirpi Yiver syptotri.

Takean from t~tt.n nthu e i~~si.i tv-O oni 't'hq Ru-m, ad one atatimr on the Cro-O..,5uk, C r 0o1XI ni-j -nd St. Frrinoic PR.verz A-r,~;sr~cti (otnq). Rcck Bas. Tho r-o.t ."Z ~dn ~if~ t'ne cruitot f h ci-aippi I flvzer'nd r:z.JtL- 1mrror tribute ric a Takeon aitumnly stoations.

Occasi~onal .in -small" ** 45. FaorxoIs __roidoz f.Zco ede). Black Cra~ppla Calioo Bass' ***-o'on rlyt e -mtoz and oddios oil the Lississippi and in.- the~$EC',leer strotches of the Rum, Crow, and Crow Win Rivers~.4.6 Perca , & £ on~ (r toi3. Yc-llov~ Frch. -Co~cn'throuhout at~ entire uppor U~amLnzi&+/-pi FRiver cyzte=. excopt in szll creeks and'p.ocks. Ta-i(n at twointy-ona stations.

• ...47. Stizc~r4odionA vitreism (Ilitohill).

W211-eaetd Pike.-Firy

`Is t5TT visE.p+/-,_

17kolozer Orcox, lowrer ?.um and IT-1cr Oro +/-n *nvr-.Ko Erm-crm o~r S'and Pike voior t-pk~en..*.

48. BcluUMcso ma n+/-rnrum nip "~ ~aInesq .1e). Jormny D~arter. -'. I-z-. or. ani~ _-=Fo1vT '7aexr o iathe tr'ibutery streDiftnc Occasional.

9. Pez'cina caondes iRafin-esque.

Lop Perch. Occasional in' rapid later. Toik'W=afm the aR=, Platte, Jceaf Crow Wi.ng and '1olssissippi

~5rEdrc. F ie .. .oceilichth~

dt-inils (Giiard).

lovia Dairter'., .- Reported by .')Tam, cottidge£1 otu Co IntU13 Richardson.

Ea z1stern ;iill or' Th-lumb. :One peinint. nvemit1y M. Minnbsota Coll~ctio~n Srorn the St, Francis ,lver (193S). Reported b7 Friedrich (1.933) from the Skunk River flear...