9350

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9350
• Author: Hawkins, J., T. Modde and J. Bundy.
• Title: Ichthyogauna of the Little Snake River, Colorado, 1995 with Notes on Movements of Humpback Chub.
• USFW Year: 2001.
• USFW - Doc Type: Denver.
• Copyright Material: NO

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF TABLES ............................................. ii

LIST OF FIGURES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. iv

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................ v

INTRODUCTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

STUDY AREA ............................................... 2

METHODS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Discharge, water temperature, and water quality .................. 4
Fish community sampling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Telemetry of humpback and roundtail chub ...................... 7

RESULTS

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Discharge, water temperature, and water quality .................. 9
Fish community sampling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Telemetry of humpback and roundtail chub ..................... 15

DISCUSSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Discharge, water temperature, and water quality ................. 18
Fish community sampling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Telemetry of humpback and roundtail chub ..................... 22

CONCLUSIONS ............................................. 25

RECOMMENDATIONS ........................................ 26

LITERATURE CITED .......................................... 27