%0 Journal Article %J Northeastern Naturalist %D 2000 %T Distributions of Lake Fish in the Northeast: II. The Minnows (Cyprinidae) %A Whittier, T.R. %A Halliwell, D. B. %A R. A. Daniels %K distribution %K Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program %K lakes %K minnow Cyprinidae %K native status %K northeastern USA %X

We discuss the distribution and native status of 24 minnow species (family: Cyprinidae) collected at 203 randomly selected lakes in the northeastern USA (New England, New York, New Jersey) by the Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP). Twenty-four species were collected during the summers of 1991–96. Only golden shiner was frequently collected, occurring in 71% of the sampled lakes. Fallfish, creek chub, and common shiner were also common. The remaining species were taken in <10% of the lakes. Physical (surface area, depth, elevation), chemical (pH, total phosphorus), and watershed disturbance characteristics of the lakes show distinct species-specific patterns. Evidence suggests that native minnow biodiversity has declined over the last 150 years as a result of changing biotic, physical, chemical, and watershed characteristics.

%B Northeastern Naturalist %V 7 %P 131-156 %G eng %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1656/1092-6194(2000)007[0131:DOLFIT]2.0.CO;2 %R 10.1656/1092-6194(2000)007[0131:DOLFIT]2.0.CO;2