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• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 3201
• Author: Osmundson, D. B.
• Title: Growth and Survival of Colorado Squawfish ‎(Ptychocheilus lucius)‎ Stocked in Riverside Ponds, With Reference To Largemouth Bass ‎(Micropterus salmoides)‎ Predation
• USFW Year: 1986
• USFW - Doc Type: \
• Copyright Material: NO

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LIST OF FIGURES (Continued)
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14. Percent occurrence of two size-classes of
squawfish found in largemouth bass stomachs
during three nights following each stocking
effort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
15. Body length-depth relationship for young
Colorado squawfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
16. Growth of stocked squawfish in Fish Chalet
Pond from 13 October 1983 to 5 October 1984 . . . 86
17. Growth rate of Colorado squawfish in the
Colorado River near Grand Junction (data from
Seethaler 1978) and in Fish Chalet Pond . . . . 99
18. Water temperature graphs for the summer months
in the Colorado River near Grand Junction
(U.S. Geologic Survey data) for the years
1979-83 and in Fish Chalet Pond during 1984 . . . 101
19. Length-frequency histogram of Colorado
squawfish in Pabco Pond at the time of fall
stocking and after the following winter . . . . . 112
20. Percent occurrence of two initial size-
classes of stocked Colorado squawfish in
samples taken at the time of summer
stocking and one and two months later . . . . . . 114
21. Mean percents of total number of fish eaten
per bass for two specie6 during each of
three largemouth bass prey type preference
experiments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
22. Mean percents of total number and total
weight of prey eaten per bass for three
size-classes of squawfish in seven 7-d
laboratory trials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
23. Length frequency of carp seined at Fish
Chalet Pond during late summer 1984 . . . . . . . 172

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