Paradigm versus paradox on the prairie: testing competing stream fish movement frameworks using an imperiled Great Plains minnow

Table 1 Sampling dates of prairie chub (Macrhybopsis australis) during summers of 2019 and 2020 for the Red River, Salt Fork Red River, and Pease River in the Red River Basin of Texas and Oklahoma, USA showing the number of fish tagged (T) and recaptured (R) and discharge (cubic meters per second)

Summer 2019	River	T(R)	Flow (cms)	Summer 2020	River	T(R)	Flow (cms)
Jun. 5–11	Pease	86(4)	15.12	Jun. 19–22	Pease	332(2)	0.44
Jul. 16–17	Pease	88(0)	1.08	Jul. 7–9	Pease	27(1)	1.16
Jul. 31–Aug. 2	Pease	110(1)	0.24	Jul. 24–26	Pease	11(1)	0.37
Aug. 9–12	Pease	95(2)	0.02	–	–	–	–
Total	Pease	379(7)		Total	Pease	370(4)
May 15–18	Red	576(3)	302.99	Jun. 16–18	Red	955(13)	5.52
Jun. 25–27	Red	113(6)	61.45	Jul. 4–6	Red	404(19)	5.10
Jul. 19–22	Red	95(2)	27.92	Jul. 21–23	Red	677(12)	2.97
Aug. 3–5	Red	96(1)	14.53	Aug. 12	Red	NA(18)	2.18
Total	Red	880(12)		Total	Red	2036(62)
Jun. 28–Jul. 1	Salt Fork	59(1)	4.87	Jun. 24–26	Salt Fork	284(4)	1.10
Jul. 23–25	Salt Fork	191(3)	3.23	Jul. 17–19	Salt Fork	404(26)	0.76
Aug. 6–8	Salt Fork	436(20)	2.75	Aug. 4–6	Salt Fork	178(18)	0.31
Aug. 13–15	Salt Fork	541(51)	3.14	Aug. 10–11	Salt Fork	NA(5)	0.27
Total	Salt Fork	1227(75)		Total	Salt Fork	866(53)
Grand Total	All	2486(94)		Grand Total	All	3272(119)

The final sampling dates for the Red River and Salt Fork Red River in August 2020 were long distance searches and no fish were tagged

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