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1 <br />f <br />TABLE OF <br /> <br /> <br /> LIST OF TABLES v <br /> LIST OF FIGURES vii <br /> LIST OF APPENDICES xi <br /> ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xii <br /> <br /> EXECUTIVE SUMMARY xiii <br /> INTRODUCTION 1 <br /> STUDY GOAL AND OBJECTIVES 1 <br /> STUDY AREA 2 <br /> <br /> METHODS 2 <br /> Fish population sampling <br />Radio transmitter implantation and tracking 2 <br />9 <br />RESULTS 10 <br />YAMPA RIVER FLOW AND TEMPE TURF REGIME 10 <br />NORTHERN PIKE 13 <br /> Length frequency distributions 16 <br /> Length-weight relationship 17 <br /> Average lengths, condition factors, re ative weight indices 29 <br /> Food habits, fish prey composition an fish prey size 32 <br />' Vulnerability of fish to northern pike redation 40 <br /> Movements 54 <br /> Growth of recaptured northern pike 69 <br /> Spawning 72 <br /> CHANNEL CATFISH 76 <br /> Length frequency distributions 76 <br /> Length-weight relationship 84 <br /> Average lengths, condition factors, re ative weight indices 85 <br /> Food habits 92 <br /> Vulnerability of fish to channel catfish predation 97 <br /> Spawning 98 <br /> YAMPA RIVER FISHES HABITAT ASS CIATIONS 107 <br /> Habitat use by radiotagged northern p e 107 <br /> Northern pike/Colorado squawfish int ractions from radiotracking data 109 <br /> Fish species associations in backwater habitats 110 <br />Effects of removal of northern pike and channel catfish from backwaters 117 <br />r? <br /> <br />iii <br />11