9313

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9313
• Author: Burdick, B. D., J. Flair, M. Lloyd and B. Scheer.
• Title: Native and Nonnative Fish Use of Two Gravel-Pit Ponds Connected to the Upper Colorado River at 29-5/8 Road Near Grand Junction, Colorado.
• USFW Year: 1997.
• USFW - Doc Type: Project number CAP-6-GP,
• Copyright Material: NO

LIST OF TABLES
Table
Page
1. Catch statistics for fishes collected by
electrofishing, trap nets, and trammel nets
from Gardner and Hotspot ponds adjacent to
the Colorado River near Grand Junction,
Colorado, during pre-runoff, April 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2. Catch statistics for fishes collected by
electrofishing, trap nets, and trammel nets
from Gardner and Hotspot ponds adjacent to
the Colorado River near Grand Junction,
Colorado, during runoff, June 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3. Catch statistics for fishes collected by
electrofishing, trap nets, and trammel nets
from Gardner and Hotspot ponds adjacent to
the Colorado River near Grand Junction,
Colorado, during post-runoff, July 1996 15
4. Comparison of relative abundance of fishes
collected from Gardner and Hotspot ponds
with three different gear types, April, June,
and July . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
5. Catch statistics for fish collected by seining
from Gardner and Hotspot ponds adjacent to the
Colorado River near Grand Junction, Colorado,
13 August 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure Page
1. Location of Gardner and Hotspot gravel-pit
ponds near Grand Junction, Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2. Plan view of the two 29-5/8 Road Ponds connected
to the Colorado River, river mile 174.4 . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3. Relative abundance of fishes collected during
the summer of 1995 prior to Gardner Pond being
connected to the Colorado River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4. Relative abundance of native and nonnative fishes
collected by electrofishing, trap nets, and trammel
nets from Gardner and Hotspot ponds adjacent to the
Colorado River near Grand Junction, Colorado, 9-12
April, 3-12 June, and 16-24 July . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
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