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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LIST OF TABLES
Table Page

1 Approximate length at beginning of juvenile and adult life stages for
fishes collected from the Little Snake River, Colorado, 1994 . . . . . . . .. 8

2 Number of fish collected by life stage from the Little Snake River,

Colorado, 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

LIST OF FIGURES

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1 Little Snake River drainage basin, Colorado and Wyoming . . . . . . . . . .. 4

2 Mean daily discharge of Little Snake River at U.S. Geological Survey gage
#09260000, near Lily, Colorado, 1994 water year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

3 Length-frequency distribution of large-bodied native fishes collected
from the Little Snake River, Colorado, 1994 .................... 15

4 Length-frequency distribution of large-bodied nonnative fishes collected
from the Little Snake River, Colorado, 1994 .................... 16

LIST OF APPENDICES

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A Sampling gear used to collect fish from the Little Snake River,

Colorado, 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

8 Diel water temperatures measured hourly from the Little Snake and Yampa
rivers, May - October 1 994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

C Length-frequency of selected fishes collected from the Little Snake River,

Colorado, 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

D Number of fishes captured using bank electrofishing and population
estimates using a four-pass, removal sampling design from a 130-m reach of
the Little Snake River, Colorado, July 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

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