Dunson, W. A., C. J. Paradise, and R. L. Van Fleet.  (1998).  Patterns of water chemistry and fish occurrence in wetlands of hydric pine flatwoods.  Journal of Freshwater Ecology, 12(4): 553-565.
(The authors sampled water chemistry and fish species population in freshwater wetlands of the lower Myakka River drainage area.)

Estevez, Ernest D., Marvin Tinsky and Greg Blanchard.  (1991).  Distribution and abundance of larval and juvenile fishes in the tidal waters of the Myakka River, Sarasota and Charlotte Counties, Florida.  Final report to Sarasota County Office of Environmental Monitoring.  97 pp.  Sarasota, FL: Mote Marine Laboratory.
http://www.mote.org/techreps/197/197.pdf   
(Provides information on the composition, distribution and abundance of fish eggs, larvae  and juvenile within the fresh to marine salinity gradient, downstream of the T. Marby Carlton Reserve.)

Fraser, Thomas H. and Ralph T. Montgomery.  (1997).  Compendium of existing monitoring programs in the greater Charlotte Harbor watershed.  187 pp.  North Fort Myers, FL: Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program.

• Table of contents: http://library.fgcu.edu/chnep/9702-toc.pdf
• Part 1: http://library.fgcu.edu/chnep/9702-2.pdf
• Part 2: http://library.fgcu.edu/chnep/9702-3.pdf
• Part 3: http://library.fgcu.edu/chnep/9702-4.pdf
• Part 4: http://library.fgcu.edu/chnep/9702-5.pdf
• Part 5: http://library.fgcu.edu/chnep/9702-6.pdf
• Part 6: http://library.fgcu.edu/chnep/9702-7.pdf
• Part 7: http://library.fgcu.edu/chnep/9702-8.pdf
• Part 8: http://library.fgcu.edu/chnep/9702-9.pdf
• Part 9: http://library.fgcu.edu/chnep/9702-10.pdf
• Part 10: http://library.fgcu.edu/chnep/9702-11.pdf
• Part 11: http://library.fgcu.edu/chnep/9702-12.pdf 
• Index: http://library.fgcu.edu/chnep/9702-ind.pdf

(This report describes monitoring programs for the Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program study area.(including the Myakka River).The objectives of this report are to: 1) identify and describe all existing land, air, terrestrial and aquatic wildlife and vegetation, and water monitoring programs that pertain to the study area; 2) provide a summary of those programs both temporally and geographically; 3) help identify areas where monitoring is lacking or where protocols are inconsistent; and 4) assist existing programs in coordinating their efforts and increase understanding of programs across organizations.)

Heil, David C., et al.  (1984).  Comprehensive shellfish growing area survey, Myakka River, Charlotte County, Florida.  87  pp.  Tallahassee, FL: Dept. of Natural Resources.

Wang, J. C. S. and E. C. Raney.  (1971).  Distribution and fluctuations in the fish fauna of the Charlotte Harbor Estuary, Florida.  Charlotte Harbor Estuarine Studies.  105 pp.  Sarasota, FL: Mote Marine Laboratory.