Table 2. Observation sites for the eastern sand darter in Quebec according to different time period. The first shows the watercourses by hydrographic region. The next four columns present the observations of eastern sand darter by time periods, i.e.,1940 à 1959; 1960 à 1979; 1980 à 1999; 2000 à 2010.
Table 2. Observation sites for the eastern sand darter in Quebec, 1940–2010
√ = present; O = absent despite specific surveys; (xxxx) = collection year; RSI = data from Réseau de suivi ichtyologique du Saint-Laurent.
| Waterway |
Period |
| 1940–1959 |
1960–1979 |
1980–1999 |
2000–2010 |
| St. Lawrence River |
| Montréal/Sorel |
|
O 1973 |
|
√ 2001RSI |
| Lake St. Pierre Archipelago |
√ 1944 |
√ 1974 |
O 1995RSI |
√ 2002
√ 2003RSI
O 2010RSI |
| Lake St. Pierre |
|
O 1974 |
O 1995RSI |
√ 2002RSI
√ 2005
√ 2006
√ 2007RSI |
| Outaouais and Montréal Hydrographic Region |
| Lake des Deux Montagnes |
√ 1941
√ 1946 |
O between 1964–77 |
O 1990 |
|
| des Mille-Îles River |
|
|
|
√ 2008 |
| Northwest St. Lawrence Hydrographic Region |
| L’Assomption River and its tributary Ouareau River |
|
√ 1969 |
√ 1983
O 1990 |
√ 2002
√ 2009
√ 2010 |
| |
|
O 1990 |
√ 2002
√ 2003
√ 2009 |
| Yamachiche River |
√ 1944 |
√ 1972 |
|
|
| Southwest St. Lawrence Hydrographic Region |
| Lake Champlain (Missiquoi Bay) |
|
|
|
√ 2003 |
| aux Saumons River (Montérégie) |
|
|
|
√ 2008
√ 2010 |
| Châteauguay River |
√ between 1941–44 |
√ 1975
√ 1976 |
O 1993 |
O 2006 |
| Richelieu River and its tributary Trout River |
|
√ 1970
√ 1974 |
√ 1993
O 1995
√ 1999 |
√ between 2001 and 2010 |
| |
√ 1976 |
O 1993 |
√ 2006
√ 2010 |
| Saint-François River |
√ 1944 |
O between 1965–74 |
O 1991 |
O 2002
O 2003
O 2008
O 2009 |
| Yamaska River |
|
√ 1967 |
O 1995 |
O 2003
O 2010 |
| Southeast St. Lawrence Hydrographic Region |
| Bécancour River |
|
√ 1975 |
√ 1981 |
|
| aux Orignaux River |
|
|
√ 1982 |
|
| du Chêne River |
|
|
√ 1982 |
|
| Gentilly River |
√ 1941 |
|
√ 1982 |
|
Data source: Based on data from Équipe de rétablissement des cyprinidés et des petits percidés du Québec (2008), updated with 2009 and 2010 data.
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