8158

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 8158
• Author: Osmundson, D. B.
• Title: Longitudinal Variation in Fish Community Structure and Water Temperature in the Upper Colorado River; Final Report.
• USFW Year: 1999.
• USFW - Doc Type: Grand Junction, Colorado.
• Copyright Material: NO

TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued)
DISCUSSION AND SYNTHESIS .......................................... 35
Food of Colorado Pikeminnow ....................................... 35
Summary of Food Availability ........................................ 36
Defining Suitable Habitat: Integration of Temperature and
Food Availability .................................................. 38
The Potential for Range Extension ..................................... 41
Gunnison River .............................................41
Mainstem Colorado River ..................................... 42
Preliminary Estimates of Carrying Capacity .............................. 43
CONCLUSIONS .......................................................47
RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................48
LITERATURE CITED ..................................................49
APPENDIX ............. ..............................................53
ii