8167

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 8167
• Author: Nehring, R. B.
• Title: Distribution and Abundance of the Fish Fauna in the Dolores River From McPhee Reservoir Downstream to the Dove Creek Pump Plant.
• USFW Year: 1993.
• USFW - Doc Type: Montrose, Colorado.
• Copyright Material: NO

Table 4. Dolores River fish population density and biomass estimates by river
segment, from McPhee Dam to the Dove Creek Pump Plant, July 1993.

Species N 95% N/ha Kg/ha N/ha
CIa ~ 35
cm
McPhee Dam/Bradfield Bridge - 12.2 miles - 31.1 hectares (RM 1 - RM12)
Brown trout 2618 :t 846 84 25.1 17
Dolores River Rainbow trout 583 :t 389 18 12.5 12
McPhee Lake Rainbow trout 6037 :t 975 194 61. 0 28
Kokanee salmon 1209 :t 350 39 11.3 21
Snake River Cutthroat trout 38 :t 14 1 1.2 1
Flannelmouth suckers 722 :t 388 23 23.1 23
Bluehead suckers 3 ----- ---- ----- --
Bradfield Bridge/Doe Canyon - 4.9 miles - 12.7 hectares (RM 12-RM 17)
Brown trout 1099 :t1097 86 30.4 27
Dolores River Rainbow trout 223 :t 206 18 5.9 5
McPhee Lake Rainbow trout 582 :t 483 46 12.7 4
Kokanee salmon 17 :t 16 1 0.4 0
Snake River Cutthroat trout 3 ----- 0.2 0.1 0
Flannelmouth suckers 701 :t 692 55 57.9 54
Bluehead suckers 120 :t 163 9 2.8 1
Doe Canyon to Campsite 13 - 8.2 miles - 21.3 hectares (RM 17 - RM 25)
Brown trout 3412 :t3963 160 49.3 37
Dolores River Rainbow trout 221 :t 206 10 4.9 4
McPhee Lake Rainbow trout 116 :t 158 5 1.6 1
Kokanee salmon 29 + 19 1 0.5 0
Snake River Cutthroat trout 11 :t 13 1 0.3 0
Flannelmouth suckers 379 :t 251 18 16.8 17
Bluehead suckers 5 :t 5 0.2 0.1 0
Campsite 13/Dove Creek Pump Plant-5.0 miles - 13 hectares (RM 25 -RM 30 )
Brown trout 584 :t 486 45 9.6 5
Dolores River Rainbow trout 341 :t 617 26 5.5 1
McPhee Lake Rainbow trout 55 :t 67 4 1.3 0
Kokanee salmon 17 :t 20 1 0.4 0
Snake River Cutthroat trout 0 ----- 0 0 0
Flannelmouth suckers 530 :t 517 41 35.5 38
.
Bluehead suckers 7 :t 9 0.5 0.2 0

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