An ecological study of the minnows of the Des Moines River, Boone County, Iowa

• Main Author: Starrett, William Charles
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Iowa State University Digital Repository 1948
• Subjects: Cyprinidae; Animal ecology; Fishes > Iowa; Economic Zoology; Agriculture; Animal Sciences; Aquaculture and Fisheries; Zoology; Minnows; The Minnows
• Online Access: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd/13571; https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=14570&context=rtd

There are 52 species of fishes known to occur in the Des Moines River, Boone County, Iowa. The southern channel catfish and carp are the only abundant food fishes in the river;The number of species of minnows was found to increase in Boone County with increased stream width. The hardiness of a speci...