| Species | Morning 5 hours of effort expended 6:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m. | Afternoon 6 hours of effort expended 12:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. | Early night 18 hours of effort expended 6:30 p.m. 12:30 a.m. | Late night 8 hours of effort expended 12:30 a.m. 6:30 a.m. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long-nosed Gar | 0 | 0.3 (2) | 1.2 (21) | 1.1 (9) |
| Short-nosed Gar | 0.2 (1) | 0 | 0.2 (3) | 0.4 (3) |
| Gizzard Shad | 0.2 (1) | 0.3 (2) | 0.1 (1) | 0.1 (1) |
| Black Buffalo | 0 | 0.2 (1) | 0.1 (1) | 0 |
| Small-mouthed Buffalo | 0.4 (2) | 0.3 (2) | 0.8 (14) | 0.8 (6) |
| River Carpsucker | 3.4 (17) | 3.3 (20) | 5.7 (102) | 4.9 (39) |
| Redhorse | 0 | 0.2 (1) | 0.6 (10) | 0.6 (5) |
| Carp | 1.8 (9) | 0.2 (1) | 0.7 (12) | 0.8 (6) |
| Channel Catfish | 1.6 (8) | 1.0 (6) | 10.2 (183) | 10.5 (84) |
| Flathead | 2.2 (11) | 1.3 (8) | 2.4 (43) | 3.6 (29) |
| Spotted Bass | 0.4 (2) | 0.5 (3) | 0.3 (6) | 0.1 (1) |
| Green Sunfish | 0.2 (1) | 0.2 (1) | 0.2 (3) | 0.1 (1) |
| Long-eared Sunfish | 0 | 0 | 0.1 (2) | 0.4 (3) |
| Orange-spotted Sunfish | 0.2 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| White Crappie | 0.2 (1) | 0.2 (1) | 0.2 (5) | 0.4 (3) |
| Freshwater Drum | 1.0 (5) | 0.8 (5) | 5.6 (101) | 5.3 (42) |
| Number captured per hour | 13.4 | 9.3 | 29.5 | 33.8 |
Table 10. Numbers of Fish Seen or Captured per Hour by Use of the Shocker. Excludes Fish Taken by Shocking into a Seine on Riffles; Young-of-the-year Channel Catfish and Flathead Catfish Predominated in Samples Taken by that Method.
| Species | Marais des Cygnes River | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper | Middle | Lower | ||||||||
| 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1957 | 1958 | |||
| Gar | .7 | 1.3 | 1.2 | .6 | 2.7 | ... | 2.2 | 9.4 | ||
| Gizzard Shad | .9 | .2 | ... | 9.9 | 2.5 | ... | ... | .5 | ||
| Buffalo | 2.0 | 3.7 | .6 | .8 | 2.0 | ... | 5.7 | 6.4 | ||
| River Carpsucker | 4.0 | 4.9 | .6 | 6.5 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 3.9 | ||
| Shortheaded Redhorse | 3.3 | .9 | .6 | .8 | .2 | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Carp | 10.6 | 6.4 | 2.4 | 8.6 | 5.0 | 3.5 | 6.0 | 10.4 | ||
| Black Bullhead | ... | ... | ... | 3.9 | 17.2 | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Channel Catfish | .5 | .9 | ... | 4.7 | 2.5 | ... | 1.8 | .7 | ||
| Flathead | .2 | ... | 2.4 | .5 | ... | ... | 1.8 | .5 | ||
| Largemouth | 1.0 | ... | ... | .3 | .2 | ... | ... | ... | ||
| White Crappie | 1.7 | 5.1 | .6 | 1.3 | .7 | ... | ... | .2 | ||
| Freshwater Drum | .9 | 1.6 | .6 | 24.5 | 2.2 | ... | .7 | .2 | ||
| Hours shocked | 4½ | 4½ | 1⅔ | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2⅚ | 4½ | ||
| Neosho River | ||||||||||
| Middle | Lower | |||||||||
| 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | |||||
| Gar | 3.2 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 8.4 | ||||
| Gizzard Shad | .5 | .2 | .4 | 1.9 | 1.0 | .4 | ||||
| Buffalo | 2.9 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 6.2 | .9 | 1.5 | ||||
| River Carpsucker | 5.5 | 7.4 | 2.9 | 7.5 | 13.3 | 6.3 | ||||
| Shortheaded Redhorse | 1.9 | .6 | 1.6 | .7 | ... | 1.6 | ||||
| Carp | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 3.4 | 1.2 | 1.1 | ||||
| Channel Catfish | 2.6 | 8.8 | .9 | 107.0 | .5 | .7 | ||||
| Flathead | 7.6 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 10.8 | .2 | 1.2 | ||||
| Bass | 1.6 | .4 | .1 | .2 | .2 | .1 | ||||
| White Crappie | ... | .9 | .2 | 1.8 | .7 | .1 | ||||
| Freshwater Drum | 3.9 | 3.3 | .8 | 15.9 | 2.8 | .7 | ||||
| Hours shocked | 5⅔ | 55⅚ | 48½ | 4⅙ | 4 | 16⅚ | ||||
Table 11. Number of Occurrences (Roman type) and Number Counted (Italic type) per Seining Unit. One Seining Unit Equals 30 Seine-Hauls (ten each with the 4-foot, 12-foot and 25-foot seine) of Which Six Randomly-chosen Hauls Were Counted. Dashes Signify That the Species Occurred in Uncounted Collections Only.
| Species | Marais des Cygnes stations | Neosho | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper | Middle | Lower | Lower station | |||||
| 1957 | 1959 | 1957 | 1959 | 1957 | 1959 | 1957 | 1959 | |
| Golden Shiner | ... | ... | — | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Creek Chub | ... | — | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Silver Chub | ... | ... | ... | ... | — | ... | ... | ... |
| Gravel Chub | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3.0 2.3 |
| Sucker-mouthed Minnow | — | 6 | ... | 3 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | 10.0 43.0 |
| Red-finned Shiner | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2.5 5.0 | 2 | ... | 4.7 2.3 |
| Blunt-faced Shiner | ... | ... | — | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Red Shiner | 21 6 | 15 | 8 4 | 19 22 | 16.0 69.0 | 15 22 | 27 1119 | 20.0 102.0 |
| Mimic Shiner | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | — | ... |
| Ghost Shiner | 7.5 | 1 | ... | 1 | 9.5 96.5 | 2 | 17 54 | 11.7 76 |
| Sand Shiner | — | 7 | ... | 8 2 | 1.5 | 3 | ... | 1 .3 |
| Mountain Minnow | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12 25 | 9.3 13.6 |
| Blunt-nosed Minnow | — | 2 | ... | 8 | 1.0 .5 | 1 | 6 4 | 14.0 7.6 |
| Parrot Minnow | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12 6 | 19.0 28.6 |
| Fat-headed Minnow | 10.5 1.5 | 4 | 5 2 | 7 1 | ... | ... | ... | 8.3 3.0 |
| Stoneroller | — | 6 | — | ... | ... | ... | — | 2.3 1.0 |
| Black Bullhead | ... | ... | ... | ... | .5 | ... | ... | ... |
| Channel Catfish | 4.5 1.5 | 2 | 1 1 | 13 7 | 5.0 1.0 | 10 6 | 12 5 | 6.3 41.6 |
| Flathead | — | 1 | — | — | 1.0 | ... | — | .3 |
| Stonecat | ... | ... | — | ... | 6.0 .5 | ... | — | 1.0 |
| Neosho Madtom | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3.3 2.0 |
| Brook Silversides | ... | ... | ... | ... | .5 1.0 | ... | ... | 1.7 |
| Black-striped Topminnow | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.0 1.0 | 2 | ... | 1.0 .7 |
| Spotted Bass | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 3.7 .3 |
| Largemouth | ... | ... | 1 1 | 3 1 | ... | ... | 1 2 | ... |
| Green Sunfish | 9 7.5 | 8 | 9 3 | 17 3 | 11.0 12.0 | 3 1 | 7 2 | 10.0 3.6 |
| Long-eared Sunfish | ... | ... | ... | ... | .5 | ... | 6 | 4.3 .7 |
| Orange-spotted Sunfish | 4.5 6 | — | 2 4 | 3 | 2.5 | ... | 12 5 | 12.0 5.0 |
| Bluegill | 1.5 | 1 | ... | 6 1 | 3.5 | 1 | 1 | .3 .3 |
| White Crappie | ... | ... | 4 7 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Logperch | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | .3 .7 |
| Slender-headed Darter | — | 13 | ... | 2 | 6.5 15.0 | 3 1 | 1 | 8.3 3.0 |
| Orange-throated Darter | — | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | — |
| Seining units | ⅔ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |