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1 July 2006 Food Habits of the Federally Threatened Leopard Darter (Percina pantherina)
Lance R. Williams, Marsha G. Williams, Archis R. Grubh, Elizabeth E. Swinehart, Richard W. Standage
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Abstract

We examined food habits of the federally threatened leopard darter in six rivers in southeastern Oklahoma and southwestern Arkansas using guts collected from 1994 to 1997. The families Baetidae and Chironomidae were the most common food items selected by leopard darters. In general, leopard darters are selecting food items that are relatively common in the environment; thus, food availability may not be a factor limiting abundance.

Lance R. Williams, Marsha G. Williams, Archis R. Grubh, Elizabeth E. Swinehart, and Richard W. Standage "Food Habits of the Federally Threatened Leopard Darter (Percina pantherina)," The American Midland Naturalist 156(1), 208-211, (1 July 2006). https://doi.org/10.1674/0003-0031(2006)156[208:FHOTFT]2.0.CO;2
Accepted: 1 November 2005; Published: 1 July 2006
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