8021

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 8021
• Author: Bestgen, K. R. and J. M. Bundy
• Title: Environmental Factors Affect Daily Increment Deposition and Otolith Growth in Young Colorado Squawfish
• USFW Year: 1998
• USFW - Doc Type: Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
• Copyright Material: YES

OTOLITH MICROSTRUCTURE OF COLORADO SQUA WFISH 111
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FIGURE 2,-Regressions of squared Colorado squawfish total length (TL) as a function of age (days posthatch)
for fish in slow- and fast-growth treatments. For the slow-growth treatment, TL2 = 35.392 + 8.06(age); r2 = 0.94;
N = 40; SE of intercept = 23,952; SE of slope = 0.328. For the fast-growth treatment, TL2 = -186,73 +
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FIGURE 3.-Regressions of squared lapillus diameter (LD, fLm) as a function of Colorado squawfish age (days
posthatch) for fish in slow- and fast-growth treatments. For the slow-growth treatment, LD2 = 17,715 +
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