108 William H. Tarplee, Jr. 



Table 3. (Continued) 



Section 8 



Species N CL B %N %B 



Bowfin 



American eel 1836 



Eastern mudminnow . . . 996 



Redfin pickerel 7144 



Chain pickerel 5 



Golden shiner 133 



Creek chubsucker 363 



Yellow bullhead 4223 



Brown bullhead 



Tadpole madtom 1 166 



Pirate perch 9298 



Mudsunfish 1866 



Flier 2291 



Bluespotted sunfish 2098 



Redbreast sunfish 5 



Pumpkinseed 



Warmouth 57 



Bluegill 



Black crappie 



Sawcheek darter 44 



Yellow perch 22 





.0 



.0 



.0 



(1181-6541) 



25.2 



5.8 



3.8 



(492-oo) 



9.0 



3.2 



1.4 



(6061-9343) 



249.9 



22.6 



37.6 



(*-*) 



.3 



.0 



.0 



(*-*) 



1.0 



.4 



.2 



(232-2009) 



13.1 



1.2 



2.0 



(2644-15068) 



126.9 



13.4 



19.1 





.0 



.0 



.0 



(549-oo) 



5.8 



3.7 



.9 



(7309-14435) 



55.7 



29.5 



8.4 



(1223-5256) 



78.9 



5.9 



11.9 



(1554-5542) 



79.8 



7.3 



12.0 



(951-oo) 



12.6 



6.7 



1.9 



(*-*) 



* 



.0 

 .0 





(•-*) 



5.0 



.2 



.8 





.0 



.0 

 .0 



.0 



(27-co) 



.1 



.1 



.0 



(*-*) 



.9 



.1 



.1 



TOTALS 31547 664.2 



as the backpack electrofishing unit, became less effective and resulted in 

 capture of fewer individuals and wider confidence limits. 



This variation in fish population with habitat distribution appears to be 

 a characteristic of these swamp systems. In this study we attempted to es- 

 timate the fish populations in the study area by using randomly chosen, 

 relatively large sampling areas. The results provide a list of species found 

 in these swamp streams, estimates of their abundance, and, perhaps most 

 important, an indication of the variation found among areas within 

 streams as well as between streams. 



The number of fish collected that were too small to mark includes both 

 species with a small adult size and juvenile fishes. These fish are included 

 in the area species list (Table 1) and their numbers were reported by Tar- 

 plee (1975). Largest differences occurring between the two streams were 

 in Swampfish and Ironcolor shiner, which were much more abundant in 

 Hoggard Mill Creek than in Duke Swamp. 



The estimates of fish biomass in both creeks are slightly higher than 



