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| | OZARK STREAM COMMUNITY ECOLOGY: Interactions |
 | | Trickling through the hills, dells, fields, and forests of sections of Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma (see figure 1 for a map) are the usually clear brooks and streams of the Ozark Plateau (Ozark Plateaus Physiographic Province as per Pflieger 1989 from [SRWIA 2000], Ozark Aquatic Faunal Region (Pflieger 1997). |
 | | Many factors influence the health and species composition of an Ozark Stream, though among the most prevalent are temperature, nutrient levels, substrate types, and current speed/reliability. |
 | | Simplified Food Web (Source Down) simlar to Ozark Spring and Near Spring Riffles.Longear is Dominant Sunfish, Rock Bass is ambush small predator, sunfish, when stocked, trout will be largest consumer (Rainbows are very wide in diet, prefering crustacea and insects, also taking small Cyprinids and Darters). |
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