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References

Gar-related publications; if you have a reference to add to this list, please email the reference information to E_americanus@hotmail.com.  If possible, please list reference in the format of the American Fisheries Society.

Recent Publications

2009

Moyer, G.R., B.L. Sloss, B.R. Kreiser, and K.A. Feldheim.  2009.  Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci for alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula) and their variability in two other species (Lepisosteus oculatus and L. osseus) of Lepisosteidae.  Molecular Ecology Resources 9: 1-4.

Murie, D.J., D.C. Parkyn, L.G. Nico, J.J. Herod, and W.F. Loftus.  2009.  Age, differential growth and mortality rates in unexploited populations of Florida gar, an apex predator in the Florida Everglades.  Fisheries Management and Ecology 16: 315-322.

2008

Alfaro, R.M., C.A. Gonzales, and A.M. Ferrara.  2008.  Gar biology and culture: status and prospects.  Aquaculture Research 39: 748-763.

Barrientos-Villalobos, J., and E. De Los Monteros.  2008.  Genetic variation and recent population history of the tropical gar Atractosteus tropicus Gill (Pisces: Lepisosteidae).  Journal of Fish Biology 73: 1919-1936.

Herrington, S.J., K.N. Hettiger, E.J. Heist, and D.B. Keeney.  2008.  Hybridization between longnose and alligator gars in captivity, with comments on possible gar hybridization in nature.  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 137: 158-164.

Tkach, V.V., E.J. Strand, and L. Froese.  2008.  Macroderoides texanus n. sp. (Digenea: Macroderoididae) from alligator gar, Atractosteus spatula in Texas.  Parasitology Research 104: 27-33.

 

Selected Earlier Publications

Journal Articles, Dissertations, Theses

Aguilera, C., R. Mendoza, G. Rodriguez, and G. Marquez. 2002. Morphological description of alligator gar and tropical gar larvae, with an emphasis on growth indicators. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 131: 899‐909.

 

Bonham, K. 1941. Food of gars in Texas. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 70: 356‐362.

 

Boudreux, P.J., A.M. Ferrara, and Q.C. Fontenot. 2007. Acute Toxicity of Ammonia to Spotted Gar, Lepisosteus oculatus, Alligator Gar, Atractosteus spatula, and Paddlefish, Polyodon spathula. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 38: 322‐325.

 

Burns, T.A., and D.T. Stalling.  1981.  Gar ichthyootoxin: its effects on crayfish, with notes on bluegill sunfish.  The Southwestern Naturalist 25: 513-515.

 

Clay, T.  2009.  Growth, survival, and cannibalism rates of alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula) in recirculating  aquaculture systems.  Master’s thesis, Nicholl’s State University, Thibodaux, Louisiana.

 

Dean, B. 1895. The early development of gar‐pike and sturgeon. Journal of Morphology 11:1‐55.

 

DiBenedetto, K.C.  2009.  Life history characteristics of alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula) in the Bayou DuLarge area of southcentral Louisiana.  Master’s thesis, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

 

Echelle, A.A., and C.D. Riggs.  1972.  Aspects of the early life history of gars (Lepisosteus) in Lake Texoma.  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 101: 106-112.

 

Ferrara, A. M. and E. R. Irwin.  2001.  Standardized procedure for internal sex

identification in Lepisosteidae. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 21: 956-961.

 

Ferrara, A. M.  2001.  Life-history strategy of Lepisosteidae: implications for the conservation and management of alligator gar.  Doctoral dissertation, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama.

 

Garcia De Leon, F.J., L. Gonzalez‐Garcia, J.M. Herrera‐Castillo, K.O. Winemiller, and A.              Banda‐Valdes. 2001. Ecology of the alligator gar, Atractosteus spatula, in the Vicente              Guerrero Reservoir, Tamaulipas, Mexico. The Southwestern Naturalist 46:151‐157.

 

Goodyear, C. P. 1967. Feeding habits of three species of gars, Lepisosteus, along the

Mississippi gulf coast. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 96: 438-449.

 

Holt, R.  1973.  Age and growth, length-weight relationship, condition coefficient, and feeding habits of spotted gar, Lepisosteus oculatus (Winchell), within the Kentucky waters of Kentucky Reservoir.  Masters thesis, Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky.

 

Johnson, B.L., and D.B. Noltie.  1996.  Migratory dynamics of stream-spawning longnose gar (Lepisosteus osseus).  Ecology of Freshwater Fish 5: 97-107.

 

Johnson, B.L., and D.B. Noltie.  1997.  Demography, growth, and reproductive allocation in stream-spawning longnose gar.  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 126: 438-466.

 

Kammerer, C.F., L. Grande, and M.W. Westneat. 2004. Comparative and developmental functional morphology of the jaws of living and fossil gars (Actinopterygii: Lepisosteidae). Journal of Morphology 267:1017-1031.

 

Ladonski, J.  1998.  Life history traits and age-related changes in reproductive potential of the shortnose gar (Lepisosteus platostomus Rafinesque) in southern Illinois.  Masters thesis, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.

 

Landolt, J.C.  1970.  Certain aspects of gill respiration of gars (Pisces: Lepisosteidae).  Doctoral dissertation, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma.

 

Love, J.W.  2002.  Sexual dimorphism in spotted gar Lepisosteus oculatus from southwestern Louisiana.  American Midland Naturalist 147: 393-399.

 

Love, J.W.  2004.  Age, growth, and reproduction of spotted gar, Lepisosteus oculatus (Lepisosteidae), from the Lake Pontchartrain estuary, Louisiana.  The Southwestern Naturalist 49: 18-23.

 

Martinez-Ibarra, J.A., Y.G. Guillen, J.I. Arrendo-Jimenez, and M.H. Rodriguez-Lopez.  2002.  Indigenous fish species for the control of Aedes aegypti in water storage tanks in Southern Mexico.  BioControl 47: 481-486.

 

May, E.B., and A.A. Echelle. 1968. Young of year alligator gar in Lake Texoma, Oklahoma. Copeia 1968: 629‐630.

 

McCarley, H., and L.G. Hill. 1979. Reproduction of Lepisosteus spatula (Lepisostedae) in Lake Texoma. The Southwestern Naturalist 24: 694‐695.

 

Mendoza, R., C. Aguilera, G. Rodriguez, and R. Castro. 2002. Morphophysiological studies on alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula) larval development as a basis for their culture and repopulation of their natural habitats. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 12: 133‐142.

 

Mendoza, R., C. Aguilera, L. Carreon, J. Montemayor, and M. Gonzalez. 2007. Weaning of alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula) larvae to artificial diets. Aquaculture Nutrition 14: 223 ‐231.

 

Mitchell, G.T. 1965. The use of fin rays in age and growth studies of gar from Lake Texoma

             Oklahoma. Master’s thesis, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma.

 

Moore, G.A., M.B. Trautman, and M.R. Curd. 1973. A description of postlarval gar (Lepisosteus spatula, Lacepede, Lepisosteidae), with a list of associated species from the Red River, Choctaw County, Oklahoma. The Southwestern Naturalist 18:343‐344.

 

Netsch, N.F., and A. Witt, Jr.  1962.  Contributions to the life history of the longnose gar, (Lepisosteus osseus) in Missouri.  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 91: 251-262.

 

O'Connell, M.T., T.D. Shepherd, A.M.U. O'Connell, and R.A. Myers. 2007. Long‐term declines in two apex predators, bull sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) and alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula), in Lake Pontchartrain, an oligohaline estuary in southeastern Louisiana. Estuaries and Coasts 30: 567‐574.

 

Ostrand, K.G., M.L. Thies, D.D. Hall, and M. Carpenter. 1996. Gar ichthyotoxin: Its effect on natural predators and the toxin's evolutionary function. Southwestern Naturalist 41: 375‐377.

 

Poly, W. J. 2001. Distribution of the alligator gar, Atractosteus spatula (Lacepede, 1803), in Illinois. Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science 94:185‐190.

 

Pope, K.L., and G.R. Wilde.  2003.  Variation in spotted gar (Lepisosteus oculatus) mass-length relationships in Texas reservoirs.  Texas Journal of Science 55: 43-48.

 

Raney, E.C. 1942. Alligator gar feeds upon birds in Texas. Copeia 1942: 50.

 

Redmond, L.C. 1964. Ecology of the spotted gar (Lepisosteus oculatus Winchell) in

Southeastern Missouri. Master's thesis, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri.

 

Robertson, C.R., S.C. Zeug, and K.O. Winemiller.  2007.  Associations between hydrological connectivity and resource partitioning among sympatric gar species (Lepisosteidae) in a Texas river and associated oxbows.  Ecology of Freshwater Fish 17: 119-129.

 

Scarnecchia, D.L.  1992.  A reappraisal of gars and bowfins in fishery management.  Fisheries 17: 6-12.

 

Simon, T.P. and R. Wallus.1989. Contributions to the early life histories of gar

(Actinopterygii: Lepisosteidae) in the Ohio and Tennessee River basins with

emphasis on larval development. Transactions of the Kentucky Academy of Science              50:59-71.

 

Simon, T.P. and E.J. Tyberghein. 1991. Contributions to the early life history of the spotted gar, Lepisosteus oculatus Winchell, from Hatchet Creek, Alabama. Transactions of the Kentucky Academy of Science 52:124-131.

 

Smith, O.A.  2008.  Reproductive potential and life history of spotted gar (Lepisosteus oculatus) in the Upper Barataria Estuary.  Master’s thesis, Nicholl’s State University, Thibodaux, Louisiana.

 

Snedden, G.A., W.E. Kelso, and D.A. Rutherford.  1999.  Diel and seasonal patterns of spotted gar movement and habitat use in the lower Atchafalaya River Basin, Louisiana.  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 128: 144-154.

 

Suchy, M.  2009.  Effects of salinity on growth and survival of larval and juvenile alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula), and on plasma osmolality of non-teleost actinopterygiian fishes.  Master’s thesis, Nicholl’s State University, Thibodaux, Louisiana.

 

Suttkus, R.D. 1963. Order Lepisostei. In Fishes of the Western Atlantic; Part Three, Soft-rayed fishes. Yale University Memoir Sears Foundation for Marine Research 1, eds. H.B. Bigelow et al., 61-88. New Haven, Connecticut.

 

Tyler, J.D. and M.N. Granger. 1984. Notes on the food habits, size, and spawning

behavior of spotted gar in Lake Lawtonka, Oklahoma. Proceedings of the Oklahoma              Academy of Sciences 64:8-10.

 

Wiley, E.O. 1976. The phylogeny and biogeography of fossil and recent gars

(Actinopterygii: Lepisosteidae). University of Kansas Museum of Natural History Miscellaneous Publication 64:1-111.

 

Books

 

Becker, G.C. 1983.  Fishes of Wisconsin.  University of Wisconsin Press, Madison.

 

Hocutt, C.H. and E.O. Wiley.  1986.  The Zoogeography of North American Freshwater Fishes.  John Wiley and Sons, New York.

 

Hubbs, C.L., K.F. Lagler, and G.R. Smith.  2004.  Fishes of the Great Lakes Region, revised edition.  The University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

 

Nelson, J. S. 1994.  Fishes of the world, 3^rd edition. Wiley, New York.

 

Page, L.M., and B.M. Burr.  1991.  A Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes.  Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston.

 

Trautman, M.B.  1981.  The Fishes of Ohio, revised edition.  Ohio State University Press, Columbus.