Food of larval tui chubs, Gila bicolor, in Pyramid Lake, Nevada

Authors

David L. Galat, Colorado State University, Fort Collins
Nancy Vucinich, Pyramid Lake Indian Tribal Enterprises, Sutcliffe, Nevada

Abstract

Four near-surface locations in Pyramid Lake, Nevada, were sampled for larval tui chubs (Gila bicolor) during summer and early fall 1979. Numbers of larvae collected were highest in mid-July. Zooplankton was the only food eaten throughout the survey; the cladoceran Moina hutchinsoni was the major species eaten at all locations. Another cladoceran, Diaphanosoma leuchtenbergianum, was also important to the diet of pelagic larvae, and the copepod Cyclops vernalis was eaten in significant quantities by nearshore fish. Changes in diet composition of larval tui chubs during summer corresponded to seasonal succession of zooplankton species in Pyramid Lake.

Recommended Citation

Galat, David L. and Vucinich, Nancy (1983) "Food of larval tui chubs, Gila bicolor, in Pyramid Lake, Nevada," Great Basin Naturalist: Vol. 43: No. 1, Article 12.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/gbn/vol43/iss1/12