9360

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9360
• Author: Bundy, J. M. and K. R. Bestgen.
• Title: Evaluation of the Interagency Standardized Monitoring program Sampling Technique in Backwaters of the Colorado River in the Grand Valley, Colorado.
• USFW Year: 2001.
• USFW - Doc Type: Fort. Collins.
• Copyright Material: NO

ISMP backwater sampling evaluation
he designed to deliver the information that is needed. Other key information needs include
obtaining a better understanding of the dispersal and population ecology of centrarchids in the
Grand Valley reach of the Colorado River and defining their role in regulating the abundance of
rare native fishes. Such information would help determine if efforts to enhance floodplain sport
fisheries were influencing riverine centrarchid populations, and assist managers in allocating
resources to strategies that most effectively improve the status of endangered and other native
fishes.
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