9546

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9546
• Author: Nesler, T. P.
• Title: Interactions Between Endangered Fishes and Introduced Gamefishes in the Yampa River, Colorado, 1987-1991 - Draft Final Report.
• USFW Year: 1995.
• USFW - Doc Type: 91-29,
• Copyright Material: NO

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DISCUSSION 132
Objective 1: 3-year trends in life history attributes of non-native gamefish 132
Gamefish populations 132
Smallmouth bass 132
Northern pike 133
Channel catfish 137
Objective 2: incidence of predation by non-native gamefish 140
Northern pike 140
Channel catfish 143
Objective 3: relative habitat use of northern pike and Colorado squawfish 145
Northern pike habitat use and species associations 145
Gamefish species removal 147
CONCLUSIONS 151
RECOMMENDATIONS 154

LITERATURE CITED 156
APPENDICES 166
Appendix A: Northern pike data 166
Appendix B: Channel catfish data 182

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