Number 50 (October 2008)

Southeastern Fishes Council Proceedings, Dec 2008

(October 2008) - Use of Visible Implant Fluorescent Elastomer (VIE) Tag Technique on Darters (Teleostei: Percidae): Mortality and Tag Retention. By Joyce A. Coombs and J. Larry Wilson Diversity and Distribution of Native Freshwater Mussels in Bayou Bartholomew, Arkansas. By Jeff A. Brooks, Russell L. Minton, Steven G. George, David M. Hayes, Ronnie Ulmer, and Frank Pezold A Note on Three Collections of Cyprinodontid Fishes Housed in the British Museum of Natural History, Including Syntypes and Historically Important Specimens. By Royal D. Suttkus and James D. Williams Minutes, Business Meeting, 33rd Annual Meeting, Southeastern Fishes Council Regional Southeastern Fishes Council Reports

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Number 50 (October 2008)

Southeastern Fishes Council Proceedings Part of the Marine Biology Commons 0 0 Proceedings is a publication of the Southeastern Fishes Council, Inc., and is published in Milledgeville, Georgia. Officers are Bernie Kuhajda, Chair; Gerry Dinkins, Chair-Elect; Noel M. Burkhead, Immediate Past Chair; Rebecca Blanton, Secretary; and Anna George, Treasurer. Managing Editor for the Proceedings is Martin T. O'Connell, Pontchartrain Institute for Environmental Sciences , 1008 Geology-Psychology Building , University of New Orleans , New Orleans, LA 70148, 504-280-4032 , USA Follow this and additional works at: http://trace.tennessee.edu/sfcproceedings Recommended Citation Southern Fishes Council (2008) "Number 50 (October 2008)," Southeastern Fishes Council Proceedings: No. 50. Available at: http://trace.tennessee.edu/sfcproceedings/vol1/iss50/1 - Regional Southeastern Fishes Council Reports This full issue is available in Southeastern Fishes Council Proceedings: http://trace.tennessee.edu/sfcproceedings/vol1/iss50/1 Number 50 Southeastern Fishes Council Proceedings Dedicated to the Conservation of Southeastern Fishes CONTENTS Use of Visible Implant Fluorescent Elastomer (VIE) Tag Technique on Darters (Teleostei: Percidae): Mortality and Tag Retention Joyce A. Coombs and J. Larry Wilson................................................................................................................................. 1 Diversity and Distribution of Native Freshwater Mussels in Bayou Bartholomew, Arkansas Jeff A. Brooks, Russell L. Minton, Steven G. George, David M. Hayes, Ronnie Ulmer, and Frank Pezold........................ 8 Regional Southeastern Fishes Council Reports ............................................................................................................................... 25 Minutes, Business Meeting, 33rd Annual Meeting, Southeastern Fishes Council ....................................................................... 39 Please check your mailing label. Opposite your name on the mailing label is the last year for which we have a record of dues paid (or “9999” for lifetime members). If you have not yet paid 2008 dues (or other dues in arrears), please send a check payable to Southeastern Fishes Council to Anna George, Director, Tennessee Aquarium Research Institute, 5385 Red Clay Road, Cohutta, GA 30710; phone (706) 694-4419; fax (706) 694-3957. Dues are $20 per year. If you are uncertain regarding your status, email Anna George at The SFC will meet in Chattanooga, Tennessee on Thursday and Friday, the 13th and 14th of November 2008, with possible field trips on Saturday, the 15th. Our meeting host is Tennessee Aquarium. The finalized program and call for abstracts is posted on our website <www.sefishescouncil.org>. Use of Visible Implant Fluorescent Elastomer (VIE) Tag Technique on Darters (Teleostei: Percidae): Mortality and Tag Retention JOYCE A. COOMBS AND J. LARRY WILSON University of Tennessee Department of Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries 244 Ellington PSB, Knoxville, TN 37996-4563 We assessed mortality and tag retention for the Visible Implant Fluorescent Elastomer (VIE) tagging technique in four species of darters. Redline darters (Etheostoma rufilineatum) VIE-tagged in the laboratory experienced no mortalities and exhibited 100% tag retention after 125 d. A subset of these E. rufilineatum was released in the wild and VIE-tagged individuals were recaptured up to a year after their release with identifiable tags. Gilt (Percina evides), blueside (E. jessiae), and bluebreast darters (E. camurum) were also tagged with VIE in the field. Of the 1,917 darters VIE-tagged and immediately released, only 1.2 % died from the tagging procedure. Subsequent surveys revealed that recaptured P. evides retained VIE tags for as long as 915 d (2.5 yrs). Also, one E. camurum that had been VIE-tagged in 2003 was recaptured in 2007, representing a tag retention time of approximately four years (1,449 d). While tagging mortality was low and tag retention time high, there were some limitations in tag visibility and discriminating different VIE colors (e.g., green versus yellow). INTRODUCTION Marking small fishes for research and conservation purposes has always been problematic. There is a need to develop an effective marking method for small (< 100 mm) fishes that is inexpensive, biocompatible with the organism, permanent, and can be easily used in the field. To conduct precise studies of population dynamics and life histories, a marking method must have minimal effect on fish behavior, reproduction, life span, growth, feeding, movement, and vulnerability to predation. Physical tags are especially cumbersome for small fishes and chemical marking has evolved as a possible alternative method. Fishes have been marked using various chemicals including metallic compounds, fluorescent compounds, radioactive isotopes, latex, plastic, inks, paints, dyes, and stains (Arnold, 1966) . Application techn (...truncated)


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