| CAS-ICH 245227 | Gasterosteus aculeatus [Catalog of Fishes] | ID by/date | Bell, Michael A. / 14 Jul 1977 | Gasterosteidae | |||
| Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) | 50/0/0 | Prep Type - Preservative | alc-50% isopropanol | Other/Previous Number | Size | ||
| Collector; Vessel | Bell, Michael A.; Bell, Bonnie M. | Field Number | MAB77-44 | Date Collected | 14 July 1977 : 1200 | ||
| Continent/Ocean | North America | Country | United States | State | California | County | Mendocino County |
| Water Body | Brush Creek | Drainage | Brush Creek | Island Group | Island | ||
| Depth | Width | ? m | Salinity | 0 | Gear | 10 ft, 1/8 inch mesh seine | |
| Locality | Brush Creek mouth | ||||||
| Latitude-Longitude | 38.9750167°N, 123.7101917°W | Bottom Type | sand | ||||
| Acc. Number | 2018-X:19 | Specimen Remarks | m, f, juveniles. Fixed in 10% buffered (dolomite) formalin ~1 month. | ||||
| Collecting Event Remarks | Water temp. = ? C. This is a dry lagoon of Brush Creek. It appears to have gone dry within last few days, except for small pools 20mx1m (maximum) at deepest point. Sticklebacks died in large number well before complete drying. Intact bodies were collected dry from sand and placed in formalin. Sticklebacks were collected regardless of lateral plate count from a restricted area regardless of condition. This was done to avoid bias resulting from correlation between plate count and condition of fish. It is interesting to note that these fish have been passed long enough to dry up, but although numerous gulls were seen on the beach, large numbers of fish remain, were not eaten. There was no evidence of feeding by birds or any other animal on the stranded carcasses. Creek dry upstream to state park boundary and beyond an undetermined distance. Almost all sticklebacks gaping as though suffocated. It appears from the shape of dry lagoon that in normal years stream would flow across beach to sea- at least in the winter. Also caught Cottus sp. | ||||||