Scaup Depredation on Arkansas Baitfish and Sportfish Aquaculture

• Published in: Wildlife Society Bulletin
• Main Authors: Clements, Stephen A., Dorr, Brian S., Davis, J. Brian, Roy, Luke A., Engle, Carole R., Hanson‐Dorr, Katie C., Kelly, Anita M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2021
• Subjects: Minnows; greater scaup
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/wsb.1219; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/wsb.1219; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/wsb.1219

ABSTRACT Lesser scaup ( Aythya affinis ) and greater scaup ( A. marila ), hereafter scaup, consume a variety of aquatic invertebrates, plants, and occasionally small fish. Scaup have foraged on commercial aquaculture farms in the southern United States for decades. However, the types, abundance, and...