6010

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 6010
• Author: Binns, A., et al.
• Title: The Planning, Operation, and Analysis of the Green River Fish Control Project.
• USFW Year: 1964.
• USFW - Doc Type: \
• Copyright Material: NO

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LIST OF TABLES
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1• Green River flows estimated from gauge readings compared
with actual stream flows occurring during treatment, and
the effect on concentrations of rotenone introduced..... 15
2. Rotenone concentrations three-fourths of a mile below
Green River Station 1 as determined by field bio-assay.. 18
3. Predicted and observed times of arrival of rotenone at
various points, and results of live car checks made soon
after toxicant arrival .................................. 19
~+• Checklist of fishes killed during the treatment......... 21
5• Amounts of potassium permanganate needed to detoxify the
Green River at several potential detoxification sites... 33
6. Amounts of rotenone, in ppm calculated to reach detoxifica-
tion station using a rate of decay of 1 ppm per 16 river
miles ................................................... 38
7. Synopsis of detoxification operation at Brown's Park.... ~+l
8. Results of bio-assay water analysis conducted by the
U.S. Public Health Service from samples taken above and
below the detoxification station ........................ 43
9• Mean rates of natural toxicant decay calculated from
Public Health Service bio-assay and field rotenone concen-
tration results ...................................... ~+6
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10. Fish collections made by state agencies in Dinosaur
National Monument after chemical treatment project....... 1+9
11. Evaluation of fish species found in the Green River within
Dinosaur National Monument after treatment project; and a
comparison with the estimated composition from surveys
performed before the fish control project ................ 51
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