NEST SURVIVAL, NESTING BEHAVIOR, AND BIOENERGETICS OF 
REDBREAST SUNFISH ON THE TALLAPOOSA RIVER, ALABAMA 
 
 
 
Except where reference is made to the work of others, the work described in this thesis is 
my own or was done in collaboration with my advisory committee.  This thesis does not 
include proprietary or classified information. 
 
 
 
Benjamin Moore Martin 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Certificate of Approval: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
J. Barry Grand 
Associate Professor 
Forestry and Wildlife 
Sciences 
Elise R. Irwin, Chair 
Associate Professor 
Fisheries and Allied 
Aquacultures 
Russell Wright 
Associate Professor 
Fisheries and Allied 
Aquacultures 
George T. Flowers 
Dean  
Graduate School