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bluegill

Lepomis macrochirus

Photo by cmhendrix1280
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30.6472, -81.5818

Field Notes

Habitat:

Brackish water, creek, very slow moving to almost calm

Species ID Suggestions

bluegill

Lepomis macrochirus

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Jeff Dreier
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Comments (2)
cmhendrix1280
I woul say very low because it is a creek that connects to the inter-coastal water way about 15 mile down. I was near the beginning of the creek where it is mostly rain water feeding it
Jeff Dreier
I am curious about the brackish conditions. Do you know what the salinity was in parts per thousand? According to one of my reference books, they start to have osmotic stress at 8 ppt, and 12 ppt is lethal (Moyle 2002).

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PublishedJuly 9, 2013

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