Little Elk Creek Watershed, MD

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Resource Utilization

NOAA trust species observed in Little Elk Creek include alewife, blueback herring, white perch, and American eel (Table 1; Nichols 2005; Schaefer 2005).  Alewife, blueback herring, and white perch spawn and forage as juveniles and adults in Little Elk Creek (Nichols 2005; Schaefer 2005).  Although Mill Creek does not provide ideal spawning habitat for anadromous fish, alewife and blueback herring have historically been documented in the creek (O'Dell et al. 1975).  The catadromous American eel are found as adults throughout the Elk River drainage (Schaefer 2005).

Year-round resident species of Little Elk Creek provide a forage base for anadromous fish species.  Resident fish species likely to occur in substantial numbers include green sunfish, smallmouth bass, white sucker, and yellow perch (Schaefer 2005).

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Cheasapeake Bay fish

Picture obtained from NOAA Cheasapeake Bay Office.
Page Updated 7/19/2005