Advances in conservation and management of the Alligator Gar: a synthesis of current knowledge and introduction to a special section

NG Smith, DJ Daugherty, EL Brinkman… - … American Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Growing appreciation of biodiversity and the role of apex predators, along with the
increasing popularity of multispecies and trophy‐oriented angling, has elevated the status of …

Intrapopulation variation in habitat use by two abundant coastal fish species

CM Hammerschlag-Peyer, CA Layman - Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2010 - int-res.com
Decline of marine fisheries has become one of the most severe global environmental crises.
In typical fishery management efforts, fish populations are often treated as homogeneous …

Applying floodplain inundation modeling to estimate suitable spawning habitat and recruitment success for alligator gar in the Guadalupe River, Texas

KM Meitzen, CR Robertson, JL Jensen, DJ Daugherty… - Hydrology, 2023 - mdpi.com
We developed a floodplain inundation model to extract specific flood extent and depth
parameters and combined these with vegetation land cover and historic flow data to quantify …

Alligator Gar movement and macrohabitat use in the lower Trinity River, Texas

DL Buckmeier, NG Smith… - Transactions of the …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Using acoustic telemetry, we characterized movements and macrohabitat use of 46 Alligator
Gars Atractosteus spatula in the lower 180 km of the Trinity River, Texas. Although several …

Seasonal habitat use of Alligator Gar in a river–floodplain ecosystem at multiple spatial scales

ER Kluender, R Adams, L Lewis - Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula) populations are declining throughout their range in the
United States, even where considered stable. Similar declines in other riverine species are …

[PDF][PDF] Life history and status of alligator gar Atractosteus spatula, with recommendations for management

DL Buckmeier - TPWD Inland Fisheries Report, Heart of the Hills …, 2008 - researchgate.net
Alligator gar Atractosteus spatula is the largest freshwater fish in Texas and one of the
largest species in North America, yet has received little attention from anglers or fisheries …

To all the gar I loved before: range-wide population genetic structure in alligator gar

SE Bohn, BR Kreiser, D Williford, J Anderson… - Conservation …, 2023 - Springer
Managers and researchers have taken an increasing interest in Alligator gar (Atractosteus
spatula). Conservation efforts are needed across much of the range where there are either …

Population structure of Alligator Gar in a Gulf Coast river: insights from otolith microchemistry and genetic analyses

DJ Daugherty, KL Pangle, W Karel… - … American Journal of …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Growing interest in the Alligator Gar Atractosteus spatula among anglers and fishery
managers has inspired efforts to better manage populations. Successful management …

Retention of passive integrated transponder, T-bar anchor, and coded wire tags in lepisosteids

DL Buckmeier, KS Reeves - North American Journal of Fisheries …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Increased interest in the management and conservation of gars (family Lepisosteidae) has
resulted in the need to identify individual fish in wild and hatchery stocks; however, tagging …

Scale-dependent tradeoffs between habitat and time in explaining Alligator Gar (Atractosteus spatula) movement

JK Ellard, HC Roberts, DJ Daugherty… - … Biology of Fishes, 2023 - Springer
Ecological theory predicts that movement by riverine fishes at the population level is
characterized by both stationary and mobile individuals together creating a leptokurtic …