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MISSION
<br />The mission of the Desert Fishes Council is to preserve the biological integrity of desert aquatic ecosystems and their associated
<br />life forms, to hold symposia to report related research and management endeavors, and to effect rapid dissemination of
<br />information concerning activities of the Council and its members.
<br />OFFICERS
<br />Chairman: Dean A. Hendrickson, Texas Natural History Collection/R4000; University of Texas, Austin, Texas
<br />ChainnanAect: Michael E. Douglas, Dept. Zoology and Museum, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
<br />Executive Secretary- E. P. Pister,"Bishop, CA, U.S.A.
<br />COMMITTEES
<br />Awards: Gary K..Meffe
<br />Membership: Paul C. Marsh
<br />Proceedings Editors: Gary P. Garrett (Chair) and Annette M. Sudyka
<br />Proceedings Translation Sub-committee: Biol. Guadalupe Morales A. (Chair); Ecol. Juan Mario Cirett Galan; Biol.
<br />Cristina McVin iez Torres; EODI. Jose Martin E. Haro Rodriguez; Biol. Mar. Andres Villarreal Lizirraga; M:C-
<br />Martha J. Roman Rodriguez; M.C. Jose Campoy Favela; M.C. Florentino Garza Salazar, M.C. Juan Carlos
<br />Barrem Guevara; Biol. Rafaela Paredes Aguilar, Ecol: Elvira Rojero-Diaz; Biol. Eduardo L6pez- Saavedra; Biol.
<br />Mar. Alejandro Varela Romero, Dr. Dean A. Hendrickson
<br />Program: Michael E. Douglas (Chair), Dean A. Hendrickson, Nadine Kanim
<br />Resolutions: Walter R, Courtenay, Jr.
<br />Local Committees: 1995 (Reno, Nevada, U.S.A.) Glenn Clemmer, Randy McNatt; 19,96 (La Paz, Baja California, Mexico)
<br />Francisco Reynoso-Mendoza; 1997 (Death Valley National Park, Furnace Creek, California, U.S.A.) E. Phil Pister.
<br />MEMBERSHIP
<br />Membership in the Desert Fishes Council is open to any person or organization interested in or engaged in-the management,
<br />protection, or scientific study of desert fishes, or some related phase of desert fish conservation. Membership includes
<br />subscription to the Proceedings of the Desert Fishes Council: Annual dues are $25 (regular: domestic or foreign), $15 (student),
<br />$35 (family: 1 Proceedings), >$35 (sustaining) and $1,000 (patron: single payment). Send dues payments and general
<br />contributions along with address information (including affiliation, voice, fax, and e-mail) and indication of permission to include '
<br />this information in a published directory of the Desert Fishes Council to: Paul C. Marsh, Membership Chair, Center for
<br />Environmental Studies, Arizona-State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-32.11, USA (602/965-2977; FAX 602/965-8087; Internet
<br />ICPCM @ASUVM.INRE.ASU.EDU)
<br />ABOUT PROCEEDINGS OF THE DESERT FISHES COUNCIL
<br />It is the policy of the Council to publish in the annual Proceedings of the Desert Fishes Council papers, abstracts, discussion
<br />summaries, business items, resolutions, and other material submitted for presentation, whether actually presented at the Annual
<br />Symposium or not. The Proceedings are published and delivered to all members of the Desert Fishes Council and subscribing
<br />libraries in the year following the Annual Symposium All contributions are published as received following automated electronic
<br />processing designed to standardize format only. Authors are responsible for their own technical editing and for any-errors caused
<br />by failure to follow Instructions to Authors (published in each volume). Proofs are not provided to authors for review prior to
<br />publication, and only full papers are subjected to peer review.- Resolutions are published exactly as passed by the membership "
<br />in the business meeting of the Annual Symposium The Translation Subcommittee of the Proceedings Committee, accepts
<br />responsibility for errors in translations to Spanish for those abstracts they translate. This committee provides original translations
<br />of all abstracts and resolutions when translations are not provided by authors, and edits all Spanish abstracts provided by authors.
<br />Translations to English of all abstracts received only in Spanish are done by the Translations Subcommittee.
<br />The Desert Fishes Council offers extensive information on the World Wide Web about itself and the organisms and ecosystems
<br />it strives to protect: http://www:utexas.edu/depts/tnhc/.www/fish/dfc/dfc_tpp.html
<br />Permission to utilize copyrighted material in this volume was granted by University of Arizona Press (cover art)
<br />ISSN 1068-0381 The entire DFC Proceedings is printed on recycled paper.
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