8068

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 8068
• Author: Bestgen, K. R., R. T. Muth and M. A. Trammell.
• Title: Downstream transport of Colorado squawfish larvae in the Green River drainage
• USFW Year: 1998.
• USFW - Doc Type: temporal and spatial variation in abundance and relationships with juvenile recruitment.
• Copyright Material: NO

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LIST OF FIGURES
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Figure 1. The Green River study area ..................................................................................40
Figure 2. Abundance of Colorado squawfish larvae transported downstream past
the lower Yampa River sampling station (RK 0.8) in summers 1990 - 1996 ......42
Figure 3. Abundance of Colorado squawfish larvae transported downstream past
the middle Green River sampling station near Jensen, Utah in
summers 1990, 1994, 1995 ...................................................................................44
Figure 4. Abundance of Colorado squawfish larvae transported downstream past
the lower Green River sampling station near Green River, Utah in
summers 1991 - 1996 ............................................................................................46
Figure S. Mean abundance of Colorado squawfish larvae collected in drift net
samples at four times and in three different channel positions in the
Yampa River in summer 1992 as predicted by a Poisson general
linear model ...........................................................................................................48
Figure 6. Annual variation in mean abundance of Colorado squawfish larvae
collected in summer drift net samples at dawn, noon, dusk, midnight
in the lower Yampa River, 1992-1996 as predicted by a Poisson
general linear model ..............................................................................................50
Figure 7. Mean abundance of Colorado squawfish larvae collected in dawn,
noon, dusk, and midnight samples in turbid and clear conditions in
the lower Yampa River, .1992-1996 as predicted by a Poisson general
linear model ...........................................................................................................52
Figure 8. Annual abundance of Colorado squawfish larvae transported
downstream past the Yampa River sampling station in summer
1990-1996, as a function of maximum average daily discharge in
the Yampa River in spring .....................................................................................54
Figure 9. Annual abundance of Colorado squawfish larvae transported
downstream past the lower Green River sampling station in summer
1991-1996, as a function of maximum average daily discharge in
the Green River in spring ...................................................................................... 56
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