8290

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 8290
• Author: Day, K. S. and C. Crosby.
• Title: An Assessment of Young-of-the-Year Colorado Squawfish ‎(Ptychocheilus lucius)‎ Use of Backwater Habitats in the Green River, Utah.
• USFW Year: 1997.
• USFW - Doc Type: FG-33,
• Copyright Material: NO

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1. Numbers of backwater habitats sampled, by year and season, and per
of backwaters occupied by Colorado squawfish by season, during nur
habitat studies in the Green River at Ouray N4JR: 1990 - 1996. 13
Table 2. Backwater habitat formation classification categories and descril4
Table 3. Significant (p<0.10) models for linear regression of four flow par
against backwater area and volume. lg
Table 4. Summary statistics (X2) for tests of Colorado squawfish use of bac
typesa vs availability of backwater types for nursery habitat stud
Green River at Ouray NWR: 1990-1996. 20
Table 5. Contingency table statistics for comparison of distribution of bac
across typea for backwaters used by Colorado squawfish vs backwate
used by Colorado squawfish in the Green River at Ouray NWR: 199021
Table 6. Backwater character variables showing significant differencesa bet
backwaters used by Colorado squawfish and those not used by Colora
squawfish in the Green River at Ouray NWR: 1990-1996. 22
Table 7. Mean Colorado squawfish catch-per-unit-effort (fish/100m3), by sea
year, for backwaters seined in the Green River at Ouray NWR: 19925
Table 8. Results of correlation analysis of Colorado squawfish catch-per-un
(fish/100m3) vs volume, date and duration of peak flows the spring
sampling in the Green River at Ouray NWR: 1990-1996. 27
Table 9.= Fish species caught in backwaters in the Green River at Ouray NWR:
1996. 28