Photo Scanner: Longnose Dace

Tuesday 30 October 2012

Longnose Dace

The longnose dace (Rhinichthys cataractae) is found in muddy and warm, clear and cold, streams and lakes. The largest longnose dace are about 6 inches long. They are well-adapted for living on the bottom of fast-flowing streams among the stones. Longnose dace eat mostly immature aquatic insects. They are important forage minnows for larger predatory fish. Introduction The longnose dace and the monitoring plan for this species will be the subject of this paper. The first step in the monitoring plan will be to collect data to establish baseline data for the longnose dace and its habitat requirements and the current state of the area of study. The second phase of the plan will be to ascertain if the planned projects were carried out as they were intended. This is known as implementation monitoring. Then once a baseline of data has been established and conformation that the monitoring plan has been implemented as intended, anticipated results and outcomes can be evaluated. This is known as effectiveness monitoring.