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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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14. Summary of squawfish sizes found in large-
mouth bass stomachs during the first three
nights after stocking compared with the sizes
in the stocked population, October 1983 . . . . . 67
15. Summary of squawfish sizes found in large-
mouth bass stomachs during the first three
nights after stocking compared with the sizes
in the stocked population, July 1984 . . . . . . 69
16. Summary of squawfish sizes found in large-
mouth bass stomachs during the first three
nights after stocking compared with the sizes
in the stocked population, November 1984 . . . . 71
17. Results of the binomial chi-square test used
to test whether largemouth bass preyed on
squawfish at random or according to size
72
18. Theoretical maximum sizes of Colorado
squawfish that largemouth bass can prey on,
based on a model developed by Lawrence (1957)
that relates LMB mouth width to prey body
depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
19. Changes in length and weight of squawfish
stocked in Island Pond on 13 October 1983 . . . . 83

20. Changes in length and weight of squawfish
stocked in Pabco Pond on 13 October 1983 . . . . 83
21. Changes in length and weight of squawfish
stocked in Fish Chalet Pond on 13 October
1983 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
22. Growth and relative survival of each
size-class of squawfish stocked in T & F Pond
on 24 July 1984 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
23. Growth and relative survival of each
size-class of squawfish stocked inPabco
Pond on 24 July 1984 • . . . . 93
24. Growth and relative survival of each
size class of squawfish stocked in Fish
Chalet Pond on 24 July 1984 . . . . . . . . . . . 94

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