Shortnose gar (Lepisosteus platostomus) distribution and status by HUC8

Jul 28, 2011 (Last modified Jun 16, 2020)
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King, S. M., S. R. David, and J. A. Stein. 2018. Relative bias and precision of age estimates among calcified structures of Spotted Gar, Shortnose Gar, and Longnose Gar. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 147(4):626-638.

Molinaro, S. 2019. The population dynamics of shortnose gar in the Illinois River to inform management of an emerging recreational fishery. Doctoral dissertation. University of Illinoise Urbana-Champaign.

Priegel, G. R. 1963. Dispersal of the shortnose gar, Lepisosteus platostomus, into the Great Lakes drainage. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 92(2):178-178.

Sutton, T. M., A. C. Grier, and L. D. Frankland. 2009. Stock structure and dynamics of longnose gar and shortnose gar in the Wabash River, Indiana-Illinois. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 24(4):657-666.

Vokoun, J. C. 2000. Shortnose gar (Lepisosteus platostomus) foraging on periodical cicadas (Magicicada spp.): territorial defense of profitable pool positions. The American Midland Naturalist 143(1):261-265.
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US watershed boundaries from USGS - http://water.usgs.gov/GIS/huc.html
Canada watershed boundaries from Ministry on Sustainable Resource Management’s Fisheries Inventory Watershed Atlas - http://srmwww.gov.bc.ca/gis/GISdata.html
Mexico fish distributions from Freshwater Fishes of Mexico (Miller and Minckley 2006)
US fish distributions from each state's respective fish agency
Additional information may come from peer-reviewed literature, grey literature and agency reports, and scientific collection permit catch records
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