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<br />Acknowledgments and Disclaimer.....,....,....,.,...,.,.....,.".........,.,........,.,..,.,..,....,......,.,.......,.,........" i
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<br />Table of Contents..,......,..."....,.....,..........".....,....."........"....,....,.,........,.,........"..,......,.,......,...,....,., ii
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<br />List of Tables.....,.."...."....,....,.....,......,..........,.,....".......,..,.......,.,..........,........".......,.,........."......,. iii
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<br />List of Figures........,.,...,....,....,.....,......,....,.........,."........,........".....,....,.,....,..."......,.,.................,.,. iii
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<br />List of key words.,.,..,..,.....,.........,...,..,..,......,....".....,.,.,........"....,.,.".,......,........,..,..........,............ iv
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<br />Executive Summary ...,..."..".,.....,..,.....,.,..,..,.............,..................,."........,........,......,.,..,....,..".....,.,v
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<br />Introduction.,..,.,... ,...., ,.. ........ ,..........,..... ,....,....,.,...,.........,..,......,.,.................,....,.....,.,. ,....,.........,...1
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<br />Study Area ,.,........,..,..,..."...,.....,..........,.,..,......,......,.,.......,.,......"..........,.........,........,.,.......,......."..3
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<br />Methods ."........,...,.....,...,....,..........,..,..,....,.....",.,...".....,...........".........,.................,.,.,.......,....,...,.,3
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<br />Sampling ,....,...,...."........."..........,..........,....,.,......,................,.,...........,.....,.........,.,......,.,..,....,.,..3
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<br />Flow data,..,........."..,....".........,....."................".....'..,.....,..".....,..,.,.......,........,.,...,..,......,..,.....,.,5
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<br />Analysis .."...,...,.. ...,..." ,.... ,...,....,.. ,..,.,..,.,....,......,.,....,..,......,.,........,........... ,......,.. ,. ....,. ,.........,...5
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<br />Results and Discussion., .....,.............,..........,......,.........................,.,..........,.......,......,.,..,....,..........,.5
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<br />Flow Regimes ....,...........,....,.....,...,............,...",..........,........,.....,..,.....,............,...,.,.......,..........,5
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<br />Nursery Habitat..........................,.......,..,....,...."....,................,.,.".,.......,..........,.....,................,., 6
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<br />Fish Data., ,......,....., ...",...."... ... .......,.. .......... ,.. .,., ,.....,....,....,............ ,........ ........... ,............,.......,7
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<br />Comparison of River Flow Regimes and Relative Abundance ...............................................10
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<br />Conclusions.,..,..... ,....,.., ...."..............."...., ...... ...,......,.,.......... ......,.,.......,. ,...............,.,....,........... ,. .11
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<br />Recommendations .,.......",...,......,..,......,...."...........,...,..................,.,...........................,........ ,......,.,11
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<br />Literature Cited..,.... ,....., ....,....,........,..,..,..........., ......,......,..,......,.,....,.,.,.....,. ......,..,.................... ...12
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