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<br />T ABLE OF CONTENTS
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<br />ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ...""."'."...".......','.....",,...,...,..,..... 11
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<br />KEYWORDS . . . . . . . . . , , . . . , , , , . , , , , , , . , , , . . , . , , , , . . . . , , , . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . , . . iii
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<br />LIST OF TABLES . . . . . . . . , , . . . . . . . , . . . . . , , . . , , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . , . . . . . . , . , , v
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<br />LIST OF FIGURES , . . . . . . . . . . , . . , . . . . . , , . . . , , , , , . , . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
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<br />EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. vii
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<br />INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . , . , . . . , . . , , . . . , . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
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<br />METHODS .,'................"......,.,.....,.............................. 4
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<br />Study Area and Sampling Sites ........,................,........"........' 4
<br />Fish Collections , . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
<br />Laboratory Procedures ......................,.,.................,....,... 8
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<br />RESULTS .................,'...................,........................... 11
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<br />Fish Assemblages . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . 11
<br />Razorback Sucker Captures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , , , , . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
<br />Spawning Periods ,.................,.",...,.,.................,..,.,.. 15
<br />Growth of Larvae . . , , , . . . . , , , , , . . . . , , . . , . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . 16
<br />Diet of Larvae .......,,'.......,...........,................,.......... 16
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<br />DISCUSSION ......."......................................,............... 17
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<br />Reproduction ....,.....................................,...,........... 17
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<br />Larval Diet, Growth, and Survival ......................................... 20
<br />Management Implications ...........................................,.... 22
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<br />RECOMMENDATIONS.................................,...............,..... 24
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<br />REFERENCES ..,...,.......................................,.........,.,." 25
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