9348

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9348
• Author: Crane, H. S.
• Title: Fishery Investigations of the Glen Canyon and Flaming Gorge Impoundment Areas.
• USFW Year: 1959.
• USFW - Doc Type: \
• Copyright Material: NO

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Abstract ............................................................. 1
Objectives ........................................................... 1
Techniques Used ...................................................... 2
Recommendations .......................:.............................. 4
Findings: Colorado River Investigations ............................. 6
Fishery Studies ........................................... 6
Aquatic Insects ........................................... 15
Plant Life ................................................ 24
Algae Collected in Glen Canyon ....................... ?,~
Limnology of the Colorado River ........................... 25
Limnology of the Tributary Streams ........................ 26
Present Utilization of the Glen Canyon Area ............... 33
Summary.~ ................................................. 33
Green River Investigations ................................ 34
Fish Species ......................................... 34
Condition Factor ..................................... 41
Diseases ............................................. 52
Parasites ............................................ 52
Food of Bonytail Chub .....................•.......... 52
Potential Trout Spawning Areas ....................... 53
Investigations Below Dam Site ........................ 54
Present Fishery Utilization of Green River and
its tributaries .................................. 54
Aquatic Insects ...................................... 56
Aquatic and Terrestrial Plants ....................... 57
Limnology of the Green River and its Tributaries..... 59
Summary ............................................... 67
Bibliography ......................................... 69