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Distribution of endemic and imperiled fauna of the Tallapoosa River system of Georgia
Distribution of endemic and imperiled fauna of the Tallapoosa River system of Georgia
Author(s)
Storey, Jesslyn C.
Straight, Carrie A.
Freeman, Byron J.
Peterson, James
Irwin, Elise R.
Freeman, Mary C.
Straight, Carrie A.
Freeman, Byron J.
Peterson, James
Irwin, Elise R.
Freeman, Mary C.
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Hatcher, Kathryn J.
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Abstract
A proposal for a water supply reservoir in
the Tallapoosa River system in Northwest Georgia has
called attention to the potential effects of a large
impoundment on the faunal resources of the system.
The Tallapoosa and Little Tallapoosa Rivers and their
tributaries support species assemblages found nowhere
else, including five endemic fishes, two endemic
crayfishes, and an endemic snail, in addition to a
federally threatened mussel (Lampsilis altilis). We are
analyzing survey data collected in 1990 and in 2002 to
estimate species distributions, abundances, and changes
in both of these factors relative to changes in land use.
These data will be useful to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service and others for designing conservation strategies
for the unique fauna of the Tallapoosa River system.
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2003-04
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