7835

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7835
• Author: Osmundson, D. B., et al.
• Title: Studies Of Colorado Squawfish In The Upper Colorado River, Final Reports.
• USFW Year: 1997.
• USFW - Doc Type: Recovery Implementation Program, Project No. 14,
• Copyright Material: NO

TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF TABLES ii
LIST OF FIGURES ....................................................... iii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS .................................................. iv
EXECUTIVE SUAUMLARY .................................................. v
INTRODUCTION .........................................................1
STUDY AREA ............................................................2
METHODS ..............................................................2
Distribution and Movement ........................................... 2
Body Condition ..... ...............................................5
Relative Abundance of Forage Fish . .................................... 6
RESULTS.. ..............................................................8
Distribution . ......................................................8
Fish Size ... ...............................................8
Adult Numbers ..............................................8
Concentration Areas for Subadults and Adults ..................... 10
Movements ......................................................13
Fish Tagged in the Upper Reach ................................ 13
Fish Tagged in the Lower Reach ................................ 13
Size Effects on Extent of Movement ............................. 14
Size of Fish Moving to the Upper Reach .......................... 16
Body Condition .............. ...................................17
Relative Abundance of Forage Fish .................................... 17
DISCUSSION ............................................................21
LITERATURE CITED ....................................................24
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