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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 TABLES
Table Page
1. Total number of squawfish stocked in each
pond on each of three stocking dates . . . . . . 20
2. Size-class composition of three lots of
stocked squawfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
3. Factorial ANOVA table for the largemouth bass
species-selective predation experiments . . . . . 34

4. Factorial ANOVA table for the largemouth
bass size-selective predation experiment . . . . 35
5. General morphometric conditions of the five
study ponds, August 1983 . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
6. Population estimates of three-size classes
of largemouth bass in each of five ponds,
summer-fall 1983 and 1984 . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
7. Total catch of predacious fish (>90 mm TL)
other than largemouth bass from each of five
ponds during 1983 and 1984 . . . . . . . . . . . 46
8. Capture rates of forage-sized fish
(<70 mm TL) from each of five ponds,
August-September 1983 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
9. Capture rates of forage-sized fish
(<70 mm TL) for the five study ponds,
August-September 1984 . . 50
10. Temperature, predator density, and forage
abundance in each pond on each of three
stocking dates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
11. Summary of largemouth bass stomach contents
from Terry and Island ponds, September-
November, 1983 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
12. Summary of largemouth bass stomach contents
from Terry and Pabco ponds, July-August
1984 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

13. Summary of largemouth bass stomach contents
from Terry and Pabco ponds, October-November
1984 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
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