7601

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7601
• Author: Minckley, W. L.
• Title: Native Fishes of Arid Lands
• USFW Year: 1991.
• USFW - Doc Type: A Dwindling Resource of the Desert Southwest.
• Copyright Material: NO

Contents

Page

Preface ..................................................

Acknowledgments .........................................

Introduction .............................................. 1

The Setting .............................................. 1

Origins of the Desertlands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Water, Aquatic Habitats, and the Impacts of Humans .......... 2

Natural Aquatic Habitats and Native Fishes .................... 6
Creeks in the Pines ...................................... 6
High Mountain Trollts ................................. 7
Other Species .......................................... 10

Streams at Intermediate Elevations .......................... 11
An Historic Perspective ................................. 11
Ecology of Present Systems .............................. 13
Fishes of Intermediate Elevations ......................... 14

Low Desert Streams ...................................... 27
Low Desert, Riverine Fish Communities .................... 29
Marine Species ........................................ 36

Fishes of Desert Oases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 37

Discussion and Conclusions ................................. 39

Appendix I. Selected References .............................. 41

Appendix II. Common and Scientific Names .................... 43