7203

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7203
• Author: Osmundson, D. B. and L. R. Kaeding.
• Title: Colorado Squawfish and Razorback Sucker Grow-Out Pond Studies as Part of Conservation Measures for the Green Mountain and Ruedi Reservoir Water Sales
• USFW Year: 1989.
• USFW - Doc Type: Final Report.
• Copyright Material: NO

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ...................................................... ii
LIST OF TABLES ........................................................ v
LIST OF FIGURES ....................................................... vi
INTRODUCTION .......................................................... 1
METHODS ............................................................... 3
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION ................................................ 7
Artificial Spawning Activities ................................... 7
Grow-out Pond Investigations ..................................... 8
Fish Chalet Pond ............................................ 8
Growth ................................................. 8
Food Habits ............................................ 10
Survival ............................................... 16
General ........................................... 16
Predation ......................................... 16
Disease ........................................... 18
Water Quality ..................................... 18
West Pond ................................................... 21
Growth ................................................. 21
Food Habits ............................................ 22
Sexual Maturity ........................................ 24
Survival ............................................... 25
General ........................................... 25
Predation ......................................... 26
Disease ........................................... 26
Water Quality ..................................... 27
13th-Hole Pond .............................................. 30
Growth ................................................. 30
Survival ............................................... 31
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