8006

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 8006
• Author: Hawkins, J. A., E. J. Wick and D. E. Jennings.
• Title: Icthyofauna of the Little Snake River, Colorado, 1994 - Final Report.
• USFW Year: 1997.
• USFW - Doc Type: Denver, CO.
• Copyright Material: NO

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF TABLES ........................................... II

LIST OF FIGURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. II

LIST OF APPENDICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ..................................... iii

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. IV

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

Objectives .......................................... 2

STUDY AREA ............................................ 3

METHODS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 6

Discharge and water temperature .......................... 6
Fish collections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 6
Population Estimate for the Upper Site ....................... 9

RESULTS ............................................... 10

Discharge and water temperature .......................... 10
Fish Community ...................................... 1 2

Reproduction ........................................ 1 3

Population Estimate for the Upper Site ....................... 18

DISCUSSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 19

CONCLUSIONS ........................................... 23

RECOMMENDATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 24

LITERATURE CITED ........................................ 25