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. RESULTS and DISCUSSION . Results and Discussion are presented together and ordered by year to aid reader understanding of the various combinations of flows and treatments and implications of results. . 2004 . Recall that because none of the flood plains connected to the Green River during 2004, captures of beads and larvae were only from nets set in the main channel. A total of 4,506 beads (0.30% ofthe number released) and 253 marked larvae (0.36% of the number released) was collected. Approximately 0.28% of the river flow was sampled, based on flow meter data from drift nets. The first marked larvae arrived at the sampling site 1.6 km downstream from the release site approximately 32 minutes after release (Figure 7). This first sampling interval also documented the peak in drift abundance because the highest density of beads and larvae were at the leading edge of the mass of particles released. Nearly all larvae were captured during the first two sampling periods (about 1 hr) although some were collected nearly two hr after release. The first beads were also collected approximately 36 minutes after release although peak bead abundance did not occur until one hr after release. All beads and most marked larvae (n = 185, 98%) were collected on the right bank (no mid-channel sampling) which leads us to believe that beads and larvae were released just below the island at Razorback Bar on the right half of the river rather than across the channel as was formerly believed. Most beads (n = 3,207, 72%) and marked larvae (n = 188, 74%) captured during 2004 sampling were captured 1.6 km downstream of the release site, with the balance captured 8 km (the most downstream sampling location in 2004) downstream adjacent the Thunder Ranch wetland. . . . . . . 32 .