7019

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7019
• Author: Hawkins, J. A.
• Title: Age and Growth Of Colorado Squawfish From the Upper Colorado River Basin, 1978-1990.
• USFW Year: 1991.
• USFW - Doc Type: Fort Collins, CO.
• Copyright Material: NO

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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LIST OF TABLES ........................................................ 11

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

LIST OF APPENDICES .................................................... v

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

METHODS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Capture and tag records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Weight-length relationship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Condition indices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Age and growth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 5

RESUL TS AND DISCUSSION ............................................... 8

Length frequency ................................................... 8

Weight-length relationship ............................................ 8

Age and Growth ................................................... 23

SUMMARY . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 36

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS................................................. 36

LITERATURE CITED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 41