Reference List

This list includes references used to derive specimen records as well as those with scientific name Lepomis auritus listed in key words.

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30241 Report 2017. Michigan Fishing Guide. Michigan Department of Natural Resources. http://www.michigan.gov/documents/dnr/2016-2017MIFishingGuide_515573_7.pdf.
30254 Report Aho, J.M., and J.W. Terrell. 1986. Habitat suitability index models and instream flow suitability curves: Redbreast sunfish. US Fish and Wildlife Service.
30240 Thesis or Dissertation Aiken, M.A. 2014. The efficacy of small-scale removal of an invasive species (Redbreast sunfish, Lepomis auritus) by electrofishing. Unpublished M.S. thesis. Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina.
30267 Journal Article Anderson, S.M., R.A. Fiorillo, T.J. Cook, and W.I. Lutterschmidt. 2015. Helminth parasites of two species of Lepomis (Osteichthyes: Centrarchidae) from an urban watershed and their potential use in environmental monitoring. Georgia Journal of Science 73(2-4):123-128. https://digitalcommons.gaacademy.org/gjs/vol73/iss2/8.
31435 Report Ashe, D., and T. Driscoll. 2013. B. A. Steinhagen Reservoir 2013 Fisheries Management Survey Report. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Inland Fisheries Division, Brookeland, Texas. https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/lake_survey/pwd_rp_t3200_1376_2013.pdf.
31937 Report Ashe, D., and T. Driscoll. 2015. San Augustine City Lake 2014 Fisheries Management Survey Report. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Inland Fisheries Division, Brookeland, Texas. https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/lake_survey/pwd_rp_t3200_1372_2014.pdf.
31996 Report Ashe, D., and T. Driscoll. 2017. Lake Timpson 2016 Fisheries Management Survey Report. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Inland Fisheries Division, Brookeland, Texas. https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/lake_survey/pwd_rp_t3200_1685_2016.pdf.
1724 Journal Article Bailey, R.M., H.E. Winn, and C.L. Smith. 1954. Fishes from the Escambia River, Alabama and Florida, with ecologic and taxonomic notes. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 61:109-164.
30260 Conference Proceedings Bass, D.G., and V.G. Hitt. 1975. Ecological aspects of the redbreast sunfish, Lepomis auritus, in Florida. Pages 269-307 in Proc. S.E. Assoc. Game Fish. Comm.
30265 Journal Article Bauer, E.F., and C.M. Whipps. 2013. Parasites of two native fishes in adjacent Adirondack lakes. The Journal of Parasitology 99(4):603-609. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41982059.
30256 Journal Article Beauchene, M., M. Becker, C.J. Bellucci, N. Hagstrom, and Y. Kanno. 2014. Summer Thermal Thresholds of Fish Community Transitions in Connecticut Streams. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 34(1):119-131. https://doi.org/10.1080/02755947.2013.855280.
30255 Journal Article Beitinger, T.L., and L.C. Fitzpatrick. 1979. Physiological and ecological correlates of preferred temperature in fish. American Zoologist 19(1):319-329. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/19.1.319.
31604 Report Binion, G. 2016. H-4 (Gonzales) Reservoir 2015 Fisheries Management Survey Report. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Inland Fisheries Division, Mathis, TX. https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/lake_survey/pwd_rp_t3200_1304_2015.pdf.
31573 Report Binion, G., and D. McDonald. 2017. Coleto Creek Reservoir 2016 Fisheries Management Survey Report. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Inland Fisheries Division, Mathis, TX. https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/lake_survey/pwd_rp_t3200_1275_2016.pdf.
31777 Report Bister, T.J, and L.D. Wright. 2015. Lake O’ the Pines 2014 Fisheries Management Survey Report. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Inland Fisheries Division, Marshall, TX. https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/lake_survey/pwd_rp_t3200_1320_2014.pdf.
31850 Report Bister, T.J, and L.D. Wright. 2016. Martin Creek Reservoir 2015 Fisheries Management Survey Report. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Inland Fisheries Division, Marshall, TX. https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/lake_survey/pwd_rp_t3200_1331_2015.pdf.
20393 Journal Article Boogaard, M.A., T.D. Bills, J.H. Selgeby, and D.A. Johnson. 1996. Evaluation of piscicides for control of ruffe. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 16(3):600-607. https://doi.org/10.1577/1548-8675(1996)016<0600:EOPFCO>2.3.CO;2.
680 Journal Article Boschung, H.T. 1992. Catalog of freshwater and marine fishes of Alabama. Bulletin of the Alabama Museum of Natural History 14:1-266.
14971 Book Boschung, H.T., Jr., and R.L. Mayden. 2004. Fishes of Alabama. Smithsonian Books, Washington, DC.
30261 Journal Article Breder, C.M., and R.F. Nigrelli. 1935. The influence of temperature and other factors on the winter aggregations of the sunfish, Lepomis auritus, with critical remarks on the social behavior of fishes. Ecology 16(1):33-47. http://www.jstor.org/stable/1932854.
1436 Journal Article Buchanan, T.M. 1973. Checklist of Arkansas fishes. Proceedings of the Arkansas Academy of Science 27:27-29.
81 Book Buchanan, T.M. 1973. Key to the Fishes of Arkansas. Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.
39959 Journal Article Buck, J.C., and W.I. Lutterschmidt. 2017. Parasite abundance decreases with host density: evidence of the encounter-dilution effect for a parasite with a complex life cycle. Hydrobiologia 784:201-210. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-016-2874-8.
39963 Journal Article Bullard, S.A., F. Moravec, S.P. Ksepka, M.B. Warren, H.R. Dutton, D.G. Huffman, and R.P.E. Yanong. 2022. Huffmanela cf. huffmani (Nematoda: Trichosomoididae) infecting swim bladder, peritoneum, and gonad of variable platyfish, Xiphophorus variatus (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae) and eastern mosquitofish, Gambusia holbrooki (Poeciliidae) in Florida; taxonomy, phylogenetic analysis, and pathological changes. Parasitology Research 121:2307-2323. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-022-07570-z.
1907 Book Chapter Burkhead, N.M., S.J. Walsh, B.J. Freeman, and J.D. Williams. 1997. Status and restoration of the Etowah River, an imperiled southern Appalachian ecosystem. Pages 375-444 in Benz, G.W., and D.E. Collins, eds. Aquatic fauna in peril: the southeastern perspective. Southeast Aquatic Research Institute, Lenz Design & Communications. Decatur, GA.
955 Journal Article Burr, B.M. 1980. A distributional checklist of the fishes of Kentucky. Brimleyana 3:53-84.
1664 Book Chapter Burr, B.M., and L.M. Page. 1986. Zoogeography of the fishes of the lower Ohio-upper Mississippi basin. Pages 287-324 in Hocutt, C.H., and E.O. Wiley, eds. The zoogeography of North American freshwater fishes. John Wiley and Sons. New York, NY.
82 Book Burr, B.M., and M.L. Warren, Jr. 1986. A distributional atlas of Kentucky fishes. Scientific and Technical Series No. 4. Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission, Frankfort, KY.
39610 Journal Article Burton, G.W., and E.P. Odum. 1945. The distribution of stream fish in the vicinity of Mountain Lake, Virginia. Ecology 20(2):182-194.
30248 Journal Article Buynak, G.L, and H.W. Mohr. 1978. Larval development of the Redbreast sunfish (Lepomis auritus) from the Susquehanna River. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 107(4):600-604. https://doi.org/10.1577/1548-8659(1978)107<600:LDOTRS>2.0.CO;2.
25917 Database California Academy of Sciences. 2013. California Academy of Sciences ichthyology collection. Accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/14071. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA. http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/14071. Created on 03/27/2012. Accessed on 04/09/2013.
25922 Database Canadian Museum of Nature. 2013. Canadian Museum of Nature ichthyology collection. Accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/121. Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/121. Created on 04/03/2007. Accessed on 04/09/2013.
28940 Book Carlson, D.M., R.A. Daniels, and J.J. Wright. 2016. Atlas of inland fishes of New York. New York State Museum Record 7. New York State Education Department, Albany, NY.
26353 Report Clearwater, S.J., C.W. Hickey, and M.L. Martin. 2008. Overview of potential piscicides and molluscicides for controlling aquatic pest species in New Zealand. Science & Technical Publishing, New Zealand Department of Conservation, Wellington, New Zealand.
32327 Journal Article Cooner, R.W., and D.R. Bayne. 1982. Diet Overlap in Redbreast and Longear Sunfishes from Small Streams of East Central Alabama. Proc. Annu. Conf. SEAFWA 36:106-114.
211 Book Cooper, E.L. 1983. Fishes of Pennsylvania and the Northeastern United States. Pennsylvania State University Press University Park, PA.
25222 News Cope, B. 2011. Redbreast stocking continues on Edisto River. South Carolina Sportsman. 2010 (November 23). http://www.southcarolinasportsman.com/printer_friendly.php?id=1827. Created on 11/23/2011. Accessed on 12/12/2012.
25928 Database Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates. 2013. Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates ichthyology collection. Accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/14900. Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates, Ithaca, NY. http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/14900. Created on 05/03/2013. Accessed on 05/14/2013.
42143 Report COSEWIC. 2008. COSEWIC assessment and update status report on the redbreast sunfish Lepomis auritus in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada, Ottawa.
31492 Report Cummings, G.A., and M.J De Jesus. 2015. Canyon Reservoir 2015 Fisheries Management Survey Report. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Inland Fisheries Division, San Marcos, TX. https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/lake_survey/pwd_rp_t3200_1264_2015.pdf.
32021 Report Cummings, G.A., and M.J De Jesus. 2017. Colorado River Hwy 183 bridge crossing, Austin to SH 71 bridge crossing, La Grange. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Inland Fisheries Division, San Marcos, TX. https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/lake_survey/pwd_rp_t3200_1946_2016.pdf.
97 Journal Article Dahlberg, M.D., and D.C. Scott. 1971. Introductions of freshwater fishes in Georgia. Bulletin of the Georgia Academy of Science 29:245-252.
30259 Conference Proceedings Davis, J.R. 1972. The spawning behavior, fecundity rates, and food habits of the redear sunfish in southeastern North Carolina. Pages 556-560 in Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.
31455 Report De Jesús, M.J., and M. Farooqi. 2015. Buchanan Reservoir 2015 Fisheries Management Survey Report. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Inland Fisheries Division, San Marcos, TX. https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/lake_survey/pwd_rp_t3200_1258_2015.pdf.
31433 Report De Jesús, M.J., and M. Farooqi. 2016. Austin Reservoir 2016 Fisheries Management Survey Report. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Inland Fisheries Division, San Marcos, TX. https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/lake_survey/pwd_rp_t3200_1241_2016.pdf.
31687 Report De Jesus, M.J., and M. Farooqi. 2014. Inks Reservoir 2013 Fisheries Management Survey Report. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Inland Fisheries Division, San Marcos, TX. https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/lake_survey/pwd_rp_t3200_1312_2013.pdf.
303 Journal Article Denoncourt, R.F., C.H. Hocutt, and J.R. Stauffer, Jr. 1975. Extensions of the known ranges of Ericymba buccata Cope and Etheostoma zonale (Cope) in the Susquehanna River drainage. Proceedings of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science 49:45-46.
30250 Journal Article DeWoody, J.A., D.E. Fletcher, S.D. Wilkins, W.S. Nelson, and J.C. Avise. 1998. Molecular Genetic Dissection of Spawning, Parentage, and Reproductive Tactics in a Population of Redbreast Sunfish, Lepomis auritus. Evolution 52(6):1802-1810. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2411350.
31936 Report Driscoll, T., and D. Ashe. 2015. Sam Rayburn Reservoir 2014 Fisheries Management Survey Report. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Inland Fisheries Division, Brookeland, Texas. https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/lake_survey/pwd_rp_t3200_1371_2014.pdf.
31997 Report Driscoll, T., and D. Ashe. 2016. Toledo Bend Reservoir 2015 Fisheries Management Survey Report. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Inland Fisheries Division, Brookeland, Texas. https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/lake_survey/pwd_rp_t3200_1384_2015.pdf.
837 Journal Article Edwards, R.J., and S. Contreras-Balderas. 1991. Historical changes in the ichthyofauna of the lower Rio Grande (Rio Bravo Del Norte), Texas and Mexico. The Southwestern Naturalist 36(2):201-212.
1873 Book Chapter Erdman, D.S. 1984. Exotic fishes in Puerto Rico. Pages 162-176 in Courtenay, W.R., Jr., and J.R. Stauffer, Jr, eds. Distribution, biology, and management of exotic fishes. John Hopkins University Press. Baltimore, MD.
705 Book Etnier, D.A., and W.C. Starnes. 1993. The fishes of Tennessee. The University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville, TN.
31840 Report Farooqi, M., and M.J. De Jesus. 2014. Marble Falls Reservoir 2013 Fisheries Management Survey Report. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Inland Fisheries Division, San Marcos, TX. https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/lake_survey/pwd_rp_t3200_1330_2013.pdf.
31999 Report Farooqi, M., and M.J. De Jesus. 2015. Travis Reservoir 2014 Fisheries Management Survey Report. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Inland Fisheries Division, San Marcos, TX. https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/lake_survey/pwd_rp_t3200_1387_2014.pdf.
32004 Report Farooqi, M., and M.J. De Jesus. 2015. Walter E. Long Reservoir 2014 Fisheries Management Survey Report. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Inland Fisheries Division, San Marcos, TX. https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/lake_survey/pwd_rp_t3200_1392_2014.pdf.
31590 Report Farooqi, M., and M.J. De Jesus. 2016. Fayette County Reservoir 2015 Fisheries Management Survey Report. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Inland Fisheries Division, San Marcos, TX. https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/lake_survey/pwd_rp_t3200_1292_2015.pdf.
31585 Report Findeisen, J., and G. Binion. 2014. Dunlap Reservoir 2013 Fisheries Management Survey Report. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Inland Fisheries Division, Mathis, TX. https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/lake_survey/pwd_rp_t3200_1287_2013.pdf.
15587 Journal Article Fitz, R.B. 1966. Distribution records of the pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus) and redbreast sunfish (Lepomis auritus) in Tennessee. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 41:98.
39955 Journal Article Flamio, R. Jr., S.R. Levano, T. Kashiwagi, A.M. Makkay, and E.R. Hekkala. 2022. Integrating ecological and molecular data to investigate species maintenance and interspecific hybridization between the redbreast sunfish (Lepomis auritus) and the pumpkinseed sunfish (Lepomis gibbosus). Canadian Journal of Zoology 100(6):345-354. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2021-0215.
42330 Journal Article Fletcher, D.E. 1993. Nest Association of Dusky Shiners (Notropis cummingsae) and Redbreast Sunfish (Lepomis auritus), a Potentially Parasitic Relationship. Copeia 1993(1):159-167. https://doi.org/10.2307/1446306.
25899 Database Florida Museum of Natural History. 2013. Florida Museum of Natural History ichthyology collection. Accessed through GBIF data portal, http://www.gbif.org/dataset/eccf4b09-f0c8-462d-a48c-41a7ce36815a. Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL. http://www.gbif.org/dataset/eccf4b09-f0c8-462d-a48c-41a7ce36815a. Accessed on 04/09/2013.
30258 Web Page Froese, R., and C.M.V. Casal. 2017. Lepomis auritus (Linnaeus, 1758). http://www.fishbase.org/summary/3370. Accessed on 06/12/2017.
30239 Journal Article Gautreau, M.D., and R.A. Curry. 2012. Ecology and Status of the Redbreast Sunfish, Lepomis auritus, in Yoho Lake, New Brunswick. Northeastern Naturalist 19(4):653-664. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41810149.
26212 Database GBIF. 2013. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Database. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. http://www.gbif.org/. Accessed on 03/05/2024.
26239 Report GLMRIS. 2012. Appendix C: Inventory of available controls for aquatic nuisance species of concern, Chicago Area Waterway System. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. http://glmris.anl.gov/documents/docs/anscontrol/All27ANSControlFactSheets.pdf.
31523 Report Goldstrohm, N., amd M. Homer Jr. 2015. Cisco Reservoir 2015 Fisheries Management Survey Report. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Inland Fisheries Division, Abilene, TX. https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/lake_survey/pwd_rp_t3200_1270_2015.pdf.
30253 Journal Article Gross, M.R. 1979. Cuckoldry in sunfishes (Lepomis: Centrarchidae). Canadian journal of zoology 57:1507-1509.
39965 Journal Article Helms, B.S., N.A. Bickford, N.W. Tubbs, and J.W. Feminella. 2018. Feeding, growth, and trophic position of redbreast sunfish (Lepomis auritus) in watersheds of differing land cover in the lower Piedmont, USA. Urban Ecosystems 21:107-117. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-017-0696-8.
28273 News Hill, S. 2011. Photos: New Potential World Record Sunfish from Arizona's Lake Havasu. Field & Stream Online. 2011 (May). http://www.fieldandstream.com/photos/gallery/fishing/2011/05/world-record-sunfish-redear-lake-havasu-arizona. Accessed on 12/22/2015.
27039 Journal Article Hitt, N.P., and J.H. Roberts. 2012. Hierarchical spatial structure of stream fish colonization. Oikos 121:127-137. http://filebox.vt.edu/j/jarober1/Hitt_and_Roberts_2012.pdf.
1662 Book Chapter Hocutt, C.H., R.E. Jenkins, and J.R. Stauffer, Jr. 1986. Zoogeography of the fishes of the central Appalachians and central Atlantic coastal plain. Pages 161-212 in Hocutt, C.H., and E.O. Wiley, eds. The zoogeography of North American freshwater fishes. John Wiley and Sons. New York, NY.
39958 Journal Article Holzwart, K.R., K. Deak, J. Miller, E. Johnson, L. Simonton, T. Dluzniewski, A. Stanfill, and A. Taylor. 2020. Springs Coast long-term fish community assessment: The Rainbow River System. Florida Scientist 83(3/4):83-97.
360 Report Howells, R.G. 1992. Annotated list of non-native fishes, mollusks, crustaceans, and aquatic plants, in Texas waters. Management Data Series No. 78. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Austin, TX.
95 Journal Article Hubbs, C., R.J. Edwards, and G.P. Garrett. 1991. An annotated checklist of freshwater fishes of Texas, with keys to identification of species. The Texas Journal of Science, Supplement 43(4):1-56.
25944 Database iNaturalist. 2024. http://www.inaturalist.org/. Accessed on 08/13/2024.
32299 Report Ireland, P., and M. De Jesus. 2018. Canyon Reservoir Tailrace 2017 Fisheries Management Survey Report. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Inland Fisheries Division, San Marcos, TX. https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/lake_survey/pwd_rp_t3200_1954_2017.pdf.
706 Book Jenkins, R.E., and N.M. Burkhead. 1994. Freshwater fishes of Virginia. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, MD.
28274 News Johnson, D. 2014. 5-pound 12.8-ounce World Record Sunfish. In-Fisherman, Inc. 2014 (February 28). http://www.in-fisherman.com/panfish/world-record-sunfish/. Accessed on 12/22/2015.
42332 Journal Article Johnson, J.H., and D.S. Dropkin. 1995. Diel Feeding Chronology of Six Fish Species in the Juniata River, Pennsylvania. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 10(1):11-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/02705060.1995.9663412.
39949 Thesis or Dissertation Johnson, K.R. 2019. PARASITES OF THE REDBREAST SUNFISH (LEPOMIS AURITUS) IN THE SOUTH CONCHO RIVER OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. Unpublished M.S. thesis. Angelo State University, San Angelo, TX. https://hdl.handle.net/2346.1/30936.
26257 Journal Article Keck, B.P., and T.J. Near. 2013. A new species of Nothonotus darter (Teleostei: Percidae) from the Caney Fork in Tennessee, USA. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 54(1):3-21.
45030 Journal Article Kim, D., J.W. Simmons, and T.J. Near. 2024. Identification of non-native populations and reconstruction of invasion routes in the Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus. Biological Invasions 26:1241-1254. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10530-023-03241-x.
32328 Journal Article Kirby, J.M. 1982. Prey utilization among four sympatric species of sunfish. Proceedings of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science 56:147-150.
372 Book Knapp, F.T. 1953. Fishes found in the freshwaters of Texas. Ragland Studio and Litho Printing Brunswick, GA.
304 Journal Article Kneib, R.B. 1972. The effects of man's activity on the distribution of five stream fishes in Little Pine Creek, Pennsylvania. Proceedings of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science 46:49-51.
42349 Report Labay, B.J., A.E. Cohen, D.A. Hendrickson, B. Sissel, S. Sarkar, and M. Casarez. 2013. Final Report: Data compilation, distribution models, conservation planning, and status survey for selected fishes of concern in Texas and region. Final report for Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Section 6 grant TX E-136-R. University of Texas, Austin, TX. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/21837.
42742 Journal Article Lawson, K.M., and C.E. Johnston. 2015. The role of flow dependency and water availability in fish assemblage homogenization in tributaries of the Chattahoochee River, Alabama, USA. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 25(4):631-641. https://doi.org/10.1111/eff.12241.
31886 Report Lechelt, J.D., and T.J. Bister. 2017. Lake Murvaul 2016 Fisheries Management Survey Report. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Inland Fisheries Division, Marshall, TX. https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/lake_survey/pwd_rp_t3200_1344_2016.pdf.
275 Book Lee, D.S., C.R. Gilbert, C.H. Hocutt, R.E. Jenkins, D.E. McAllister, and J.R. Stauffer, Jr. 1980. Atlas of North American freshwater fishes. North Carolina State Museum of Natural History, Raleigh, NC.
1197 Book Lee, D.S., S.P. Platania, and G.H. Burgess. 1983. Atlas of North American freshwater fishes - 1983 supplement. North Carolina Biological Survey and the North Carolina State Museum of Natural History, Raleigh, NC. http://www.nativefishlab.net/library/textpdf/20231.pdf.
42141 Report Lloyd, M.C., Q. Lai, S. Sammons, and E. Irwin. 2017. Experimental stocking of sport fish in the regulated Tallapoosa River to determine critical periods for recruitment. U.S. Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Cooperator Science Series FWS/CSS-128-2017, Washington, D.C.
26385 Journal Article Marking, L.L., T.D. Bills, J.J. Rach, and S.J. Grabowski. 1983. Chemical control of fish and fish eggs in the Garrison Diversion Unit, North Dakota. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 3(4):410-418. https://doi.org/10..1577/1548-8659(1983)3<410:CCOFAF>2.0.CO;2.
39953 Journal Article McArthur, J.V., R.C. Tuckfield, D.E. Fletcher, and A.H. Lindell. 2017. Effect of heavy metal pollution on the incidence of antibiotic resistance in Aeromonas hydrophila isolates obtained from the surface of fish. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 79(3):197-207. https://doi.org/10.3354/ame01828.
31925 Report McDonald, D., and G. Binion. 2017. Lake Placid 2016 Fisheries Management Survey Report. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Inland Fisheries Division, Mathis, TX. https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/lake_survey/pwd_rp_t3200_1361_2016.pdf.
39956 Journal Article Meador, M.R. 2019. Historical changes in fish communities in urban streams of the south-eastern United States and the relative importance of water-quality stressors. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 29(1):156-169. https://doi.org/10.1111/eff.12503.
162 Book Menhinick, E.F. 1991. The freshwater fishes of North Carolina. North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, Raleigh, NC.
19578 Journal Article Meronek, T.G., P.M. Bouchard, E.R. Buckner, T.M. Burri, K.K. Demmerly, D.C. Hatleli, R.A. Klumb, S.H. Schmidt, and D.W. Coble. 1996. A review of fish control projects. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 16:63-74. https://doi.org/10.1577/1548-8675(1996)016<0063:AROFCP>2.3.CO;2.
1563 Book Mettee, M.F., P.E. O'Neil, and J.M. Pierson. 1996. Fishes of Alabama and the Mobile Basin. Oxmoor House, Inc, Birmingham, AL.
31424 Report Meyers, R. 2016. Amistad Reservoir 2016 Fisheries Management Survey Report>. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Inland Fisheries Division, San Antonio, TX. https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/lake_survey/pwd_rp_t3200_1236_2016.pdf.
26493 Journal Article Miller, J.M., and P.M. Stewart. 2013. Historical vs. current biological assemblages in the Little Choctawhatchee Watershed, Southeastern AL. Southeastern Naturalist 12(2):267-282. http://www.bioone.org/doi/pdf/10.1656/058.012.0203.
394 Book Miller, R.J., and H.W. Robison. 1973. The Fishes of Oklahoma. Oklahoma State University Press Stillwater, OK.
39961 Journal Article Montaña, C.G., and C.M. Schalk. 2018. Correlates of elemental-isotopic composition of stream fishes: the importance of land-use, species identity and body size. Journal of Fish Biology 92(4):944-960. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.13554.
30266 Journal Article Moravec, F., M.D. Crosby, I. de Buron, D. Gonzalez-Soliz, and W.A. Roumillat. 2008. Three new species of philometrids (Nematoda: Philometridae) from Centrarchid fishes in the USA. The Journal of Parasitology 94(5):1103-1113. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40059157.
30244 Report Morris, J.E., and C.C. Mischke. 2003. A white paper on the status and needs of sunfish aquaculture in the North Central Region. North Central Regional Aquaculture Center. http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/ncrac_whitepapers/9/.
30243 Report Morris, J.E., C.C. Mischke, and D.L. Garling. 2002. Sunfish culture guide. North Central Regional Aquaculture Center. https://www.ncrac.org/files/biblio/Sunfish_Culture.pdf.
31860 Report Myers, R. 2017. Medina Reservoir 2016 Fisheries Management Survey Report. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Inland Fisheries Division, San Antonio, TX. https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/lake_survey/pwd_rp_t3200_1334_2016.pdf.
45006 Database NatureServe. 2025. iMapInvasives: NatureServe’s online data system supporting strategic invasive species management. NatureServe. http://www.imapinvasives.org. Accessed on 03/18/2025.
31859 Report Neahr, T., and J. Findeisen. 2006. Lake McQueeney 2005 Survey Report. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Inland Fisheries Division, Mathis, TX. https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/lake_survey/pwd_rp_t3200_1333_2005.pdf.
31928 Report Norman, J., and R. Ott. 2017. Purtis Creek State Park Lake 2016 Fisheries Management Survey Report. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Inland Fisheries Division, Tyler, TX. https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/lake_survey/pwd_rp_t3200_1364_2016.pdf.
31432 Report Norman, J.D., and R.A. Ott, Jr. 2013. Lake Athens 2013 Fisheries Management Survey Report. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Inland Fisheries Division, Tyler, TX. https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/lake_survey/pwd_rp_t3200_1240_2013.pdf.
25976 Database North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences. 2013. North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences ichthyology collection. Accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/8099. North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, NC. http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/8099. Created on 02/10/2009. Accessed on 04/11/2013.
29919 Database Numerous. 2008. NatureServe. http://www.natureserve.org. Accessed on 05/01/2008.
25980 Database Ohio State University. 2013. Ohio State University Museum ichthyology collection. Accessed through GBIF data portal, http://www.gbif.org/dataset/813b435e-f762-11e1-a439-00145eb45e9a. Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. http://www.gbif.org/dataset/813b435e-f762-11e1-a439-00145eb45e9a. Created on 11/29/2011. Accessed on 04/11/2013.
32002 Report Ott, R.A., and J.D. Norman. 2016. Lake Tyler West 2015 Survey Report. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Inland Fisheries Division, Tyler, TX. https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/lake_survey/pwd_rp_t3200_1390_2015.pdf.
31919 Report Ott, R.A., Jr., and J.D. Norman. 2014. Lake Palestine 2013 Fisheries Management Survey Report. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Inland Fisheries Division, Tyler, TX. https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/lake_survey/pwd_rp_t3200_1353_2013.pdf.
32001 Report Ott, R.A., Jr., and J.D. Norman. 2016. Lake Tyler East 2015 Survey Report. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Inland Fisheries Division, Tyler, TX. https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/lake_survey/pwd_rp_t3200_1389_2015.pdf.
31695 Report Ott, R.A., Jr., and J.D. Norman. 2017. Lake Jacksonville 2016 Fisheries Management Survey Report. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Inland Fisheries Division, Tyler, TX. https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/lake_survey/pwd_rp_t3200_1314_2016.pdf.
42140 Web Page Owen & Williams. 2023. RED BREAST. http://www.owenandwilliams.com/red-breast/.
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13695 Web Page Red River Authority of Texas. 2001. Red and Canadian Basins Fish Inventory: Red River County.
13696 Web Page Red River Authority of Texas. 2001. Red and Canadian Basins Fish Inventory: Grayson County.
716 Book Robison, H.W., and T.M. Buchanan. 1988. Fishes of Arkansas. University of Arkansas Press, Fayetteville, AR.
25985 Database Royal Ontario Museum. 2014. Royal Ontario Museum ichthyology collection. Accessed through GBIF data portal, http://www.gbif.org/dataset/4e5552d1-5eaf-40a3-b48b-01f92da22f17. Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario. http://www.gbif.org/dataset/4e5552d1-5eaf-40a3-b48b-01f92da22f17. Created on 03/10/2014. Accessed on 12/19/2014.
30247 Journal Article Rypel, A.L. 2011. River impoundment and sunfish growth. River Research and Applications 27:580-590. dx.doi.org/10.1002/rra.1370.
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30246 Journal Article Sammons, S.M., and M.J. Maceina. 2009. Effects of river flows on growth of redbreast sunfish Lepomis auritus (Centrarchidae) in Georgia Rivers. Journal of Fish Biology 74(7):1580-1593. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02231.x.
30249 Conference Proceedings Sandow, J.T., D.R. Holder, and L.E. McSwain. 1975. Life history of the redbreast sunfish in the Satilla River, Georgia. Pages 279-295 in Proceedings of the Annual Conference of Southeastern Associated Game and Fish Commissions.
30245 Journal Article Schlosser, I.J. 1998. Fish recruitment, dispersal, and trophic interactions in a heterogeneous lotic environment. Oecologia 113(2):260-268. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4221849.
15416 Report Schwartz, F.J. 1981. World literature to fish hybrids with an analysis by family, species and hybrid. Technical Report NMFS SSRF. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service.
31437 Report Scott, M. 2013. Balmorhea Reservoir 2013 Fisheries Management Survey Report. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Inland Fisheries Division, San Angelo, TX. https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/lake_survey/pwd_rp_t3200_1243_2013.pdf.
31915 Report Scott, M.K. 2015. Oak Creek Reservoir 2014 Fisheries Management Survey Report. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Inland Fisheries Division, San Angelo, TX. https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/lake_survey/pwd_rp_t3200_1351_2014.pdf.
31894 Report Scottm M.K. 2015. Nasworthy Reservoir 2014 Fisheries Management Survey Report. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Inland Fisheries Division, San Angelo, TX. https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/lake_survey/pwd_rp_t3200_1346_2014.pdf.
23908 Journal Article Scribner, K.T., K.S. Page, and M.L. Bartron. 2001. Hybridization in freshwater fishes: a review of case studies and cytonuclear methods of biological inference. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 10:293-323.
30257 Thesis or Dissertation Siler, J.R. 1975. The distribution of fishes in two cooling reservoirs with different heat loads. Unpublished M.S. thesis. University of Georgia, Athens, GA.
28305 Journal Article Simon, T.P., C.C. Morris, B.R. Kuhajda, C.R. Gilbert, H.L. Bart, Jr., N. Rios, P.M. Stewart, T.P. Simon IV, and M. Denney. 2015. Fishes of the Choctawhatchee River System in Southeastern Alabama and Northcentral Florida. Southeastern Fishes Council Proceedings 1(55):1-50.
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39215 Journal Article Stauffer, J.R., Jr., C.H. Hocutt, M.T. Masnik, and J.E. Reed, Jr. 1975. The longitudinal distribution of the fishes of the East River, West Virginia-Virginia. Virginia Journal of Science 26(3):121-125.
396 Book Stauffer, J.R., Jr., J.M. Boltz, and L.R. White. 1995. The fishes of West Virginia. Volume 146. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.
39151 Journal Article Stauffer, J.R., Jr., K.L. Dickson, J. Cairns, Jr., W.F. Calhoun, M.T. Masnik, and R.H. Myers. 1975. Summer distribution of fish species in the vicinity of a thermal discharge New River, Virginia. Archiv fur Hydrobiologie 76(3):287-301.
42142 Report Stoklosa, A.M., D.H. Keller, R. Marano, and R.J. Horwitz. 2018. A Review of Dissolved Oxygen Requirements for Key Sensitive Species in the Delaware Estuary. The Delaware River Basin Commission.
31677 Report Storey, K.W., and D. Bennett. 2016. Lake Hawkins 2015 Fisheries Management Survey Report. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Inland Fisheries Division, Tyler, TX. https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/lake_survey/pwd_rp_t3200_1306_2015.pdf.
39951 Thesis or Dissertation Strickland, G.J. 2022. Population Genomics of Redbreast Sunfish (Lepomis Auritus): Exploring Gene Flow and Local Adaptation in a Widely Distributed Freshwater Fish. Unpublished M.S. thesis. Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA. https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/2477.
25997 Database Texas A&M University. 2013. Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collection vertebrate collection. Accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/14379. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/14379. Created on 08/06/2012. Accessed on 04/11/2013.
25998 Database Texas Natural Science Center. 2013. Texas Natural History Collections ichthyology collection. Accessed through GBIF data portal, http://www.gbif.org/dataset/6080b6cc-1c24-41ff-ad7f-0ebe7b56f311. Unversity of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX. http://www.gbif.org/dataset/6080b6cc-1c24-41ff-ad7f-0ebe7b56f311. Created on 02/02/2011. Accessed on 04/11/2013.
30788 Web Page Texas Parks & Wildlife Department. 2018. Lake Survey Reports. https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/lake_survey/. Accessed on 11/30/2018.
30242 Journal Article Theodorakis, C.W., K. Lee, S.M. Adams, and C.B. Law. 2006. Evidence of altered gene flow, mutation rate, and genetic diversity in Redbreast sunfish from a pulp-mill-contaminated river. Environmental Science and Technology 40:377-386. https://doi.org/10.1021/es052095g.
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32014 Report Tibbs, J., and M.S. Baird. 2016. Whitney Reservoir 2015 Fisheries Management Survey Report. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Inland Fisheries Division, Waco, TX. https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/lake_survey/pwd_rp_t3200_1398_2015.pdf.
13672 Journal Article Tilmant, J.T. 1999. Management of nonindigenous aquatic fish in the U.S. National Park System. Paper presented at the 129th Annual Meeting of The American Fisheries Society, Charlotte, North Carolina, September 1, 1999 129:50.
26763 Database Tracy, B.H. 2016. North Carolina Division of Water Resources, collection data of nonindigenous fishes in North Carolina river basins between 1990-2016. North Carolina Division of Water Resources, Raleigh, NC. Created on 03/28/2014. Accessed on 12/09/2016.
34309 Journal Article Tracy, B.H., F.C. Rohde, and G.M. Hogue. 2020. "Ghost sightings" made by ichthyologists past: Longear Sunfish, Lepomis megalotis, in North Carolina. Southeastern Naturalist 19(2):297-307. https://doi.org/10.1656/058.019.0209.
25999 Database Tulane University. 2013. Tulane University Museum of Natural History collection. Accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/8077. Tulane University, New Orleans, LA. http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/8077. Created on 01/21/2009. Accessed on 04/11/2013.
25948 Database University of Kansas. 2013. University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute ichthyology collection. Accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/14304. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/14304. Created on 06/26/2012. Accessed on 04/10/2013.
25986 Database University of Oklahoma. 2013. Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History ichthyology collection. Accessed through GBIF data portal,http://www.gbif.org/dataset/71e6db8e-f762-11e1-a439-00145eb45e9a. University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK. http://www.gbif.org/dataset/71e6db8e-f762-11e1-a439-00145eb45e9a. Created on 10/20/2009. Accessed on 04/11/2013.
39957 Journal Article van den Hurk, P., and D.C. Haney. 2017. Biochemical effects of pollutant exposure in fish from urban creeks in Greenville, SC (USA). Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 189:211. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-017-5918-2.
39954 Journal Article van den Hurk, P., L.E. Gerzel, P. Calomiris, and D.C. Haney. 2017. Phylogenetic signals in detoxification pathways in Cyprinid and Centrarchid species in relation to sensitivity to environmental pollutants. Aquatic Toxicology 188:20-25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2017.04.004.
39952 Thesis or Dissertation Walker, G.A. 2019. Ecomorphological variation among redbreast sunfish populations of the South-Eastern United States. Unpublished M.S. thesis. Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA. https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/honors-theses/433.
1765 Thesis or Dissertation Walters, D.M. 1997. The distribution, status, and ecology of the fishes of the Conasauga River system. Unpublished M.S. thesis. University of Georgia, Athens, GA.
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42331 Thesis or Dissertation Woods, R.D. 2014. SIZE, AGE STRUCTURE AND DIET PREFERENCES OF AN INVASIVE POPULATION OF REDBREAST SUNFISH (LEPOMIS AURITUS) IN RICHLAND CREEK, HAYWOOD COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. Unpublished M.S. thesis. Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC.
31904 Report Wright, L. 2017. New Ballinger Reservoir New Ballinger Reservoir. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Inland Fisheries Division, San Angelo, TX. https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/lake_survey/pwd_rp_t3200_1348_2016.pdf.
31601 Report Wright, L.D., and T.J. Bister. 2014. Gladewater City Lake 2013 Fisheries Management Survey Report. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Inland Fisheries Division, Marshall, TX. https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/lake_survey/pwd_rp_t3200_1298_2013.pdf.
31836 Report Wright, L.D., and T.J. Bister. 2015. Lone Star Lake 2014 Fisheries Management Survey Report. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Inland Fisheries Division, Marshall, TX. https://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwdpubs/media/lake_survey/pwd_rp_t3200_1327_2014.pdf.
26017 Database Yale University. 2013. Yale Peabody Museum ichthyology collection. Accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/8139. Yale University, New Haven, CT. http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/8139. Created on 03/13/2009. Accessed on 04/11/2013.


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