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<br />Comparisons of fylanipulaled Sites vs Natural and Application Sites <br /> <br />General Questions <br /> <br />1. Are recruitment dynamics of sites with and without nonnative fish (larger than larvae) <br />similar? <br /> <br />2. Are native fish inputs into the riverine system from sites with and without nonnative fish <br />(larger than larvae) similar? <br /> <br />3. Is food production of sites with and without nonnative fish (larger than larvae) similar? <br /> <br />4. Are food inputs into the riverine system from sites with and without nonnative fish (larger <br />than larvae) similar? <br /> <br />Specific Ouestions <br /> <br />L How does the timing of inundation affect: <br />a. larval fish drift into sites <br />b. juvenile and larger fish colonization, with specific reference to native vs nonnative fish <br />specIes <br />c. food production <br />d. transport of native and nonnative fishes from floodplains into the river <br />e. macrophyte development <br /> <br />2. How does the duration of inundation affect: <br />a. larval fish drift into sites <br />b. juvenile and larger fish colonization, with specific reference to native vs nonnative fish <br />specIes <br />c. food production <br />d. transport of native and nonnative fishcs from floodplains into the river <br />e. macrophyte development <br /> <br />Rationale and Comparisons for the Ouestions Outlined Above: <br /> <br />L General Questions <br /> <br />One of the main concerns with opening up flooded bottomland sites indiscriminantiy is <br />that the current fish community, which is dominated by nonnative fishes, may show <br />significant increases resulting in decreases or even the localized extirpation of the native <br />fish fauna. To determine how native vs. nonnative fishes utilize inundated areas and how <br /> <br />13 <br />