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. 6 <br />was evaluated. At areas not located near a USGS gaging station, the dis- <br />charge was measured using standard techniques. Velocities were measured at <br />mid- and side-channel locations at most cross-sections. The measured data <br />were processed by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (Burec) backwater curve <br />hydraulic prediction computer program known variously as "Pseudo" or "Water <br />Surface Profile" (WSP). For each measurement area, mean depths, velocities, <br />widths and conveyance areas werepredicted for: 1) the measured 1977 flow; <br />"'0"'305 <br />2) the mean annual flow; 3) the maximum mean monthly flow; and 4) the modal <br />flow, or a flow approximating the most common discharge seen on a yearly <br />basis. Cross-sectional profiles were also prepared. <br />Fishes were collected by fine (<0.6 mm mesh) and coarse mesh (>0.6 mm <br />mesh) seines, and by dip net at all collection sites. In addition, larger <br />juveniles and adults were collected at three sites (Y2J, A and1.0__on the <br />Yampa River and one site (C) on the White River by boat electrofishing. <br />Field descriptions and parameters recorded with each collection are <br />indicated on the front of the fish data sheets in Appendix B. Photographs <br />(color slides) were taken of upstream, across and downstream views through <br />each sampling site to further document the sites and the conditions under <br />which samples were taken (Appendix C). Most specimens were processed in the <br />field and released, but larvae and early juveniles as well as some older <br />specimens had to be preserved in 10910 formalin and returned to the laboratory <br />for positive identification before processing. A few older, identified <br />specimens were also preserved for voucher purposes. Specimens were identi- <br />fied, segregated into one of five length groups (0-20, 21-50, 51-150, 151-300 <br />and 301 min TL and over), and counted. After processing, preserved specimens <br />were stored in 3% buffered formalin with appropriate labels for future use in <br />voucher collections and developmental studies.