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 6.

Dolores River trout (~ 15 cm) biomass (kg/ha), 1986 - 1992.

Species 10/86 10/87 10/88 09/89 10/90 04/91 10/91 10/92
I4IlrIUlrIM Site - Metaska Campground - River Mile 0.5
Brown 5.2 15.7 12.7 10.3 14.6 8.7 2.3 25.0
!Rainbow 8.9 15.1 13.6 33.0 32.8 19.7 20.0 16.6.
~utts 8.6 11.2 9.8 11.7 17.2 2.1 3.2 2.5
~11 Fish 22.7 42.1 36.1 55.0 64.6 30.5 25.5 44.1
Ferris Canyon Campground - River Mile 6
Brown 5.0 7.5 34.5 34.2 25.7 18.8 17.4 54.7
Rainbow 2.2 2.6 8.8 31. 2 23.3 6.3 10.4 6.3
"'utts 0.9 6.5 8.1 7.1 2.3 21.8 5.3 1.0
~11 Fish 8.1 16.6 51.4 72.5 51.3 46.9 33.0 61.9
Rock Stockpile Area - River Mile 10
Brown 2.3 20.5 42.8 16.1 10.9 6.3 8.9 24.0
Rainbow 1.1 7.8 8.0 13 .0 6.5 10.5 4.0 10.1
Cutts 0 1.6 15.9 5.5 0 2.8 0.7 1.8
~11 Fish 3.4 29.9 66.7 34.6 17.4 19.6 13.6 35.8

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