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was identified ae Coregonus williamaoni or <br />Rocky Mountain whitefish. A flurry of letters <br />followed the article concerning the confusion <br />over names and distribution of mountain <br />herring, grayling, whitefish, and squawfiah. <br />COLORADO RIVER DRAINAGE, HISTORICAL, POPULAR, <br />TAXONOMY/SYSTEMATICS <br />58 <br />Bourgeois. 1886. The question of whitefish- <br />an outing on Colorado Waters. Am. Angler <br />10:308-309. <br />Description of the abundance and size of trout <br />in western Colorado. <br />ABUNDANCE, COLORADO RIVER DRAINAGE, <br />FISHERY-Sport, HISTORICAL, POPULAR <br />59 <br />Boyd, J., and C. N. Feast. 1952. High Lake <br />experimental improvement. Investigations of <br />high lakes reportedly containing undesirable <br />fish populations. Colo. Dep. Game and Fish <br />Fed. Aid F-1-R-1, Work Plan IV, Job 1, Job <br />Compl. Rep. Pp. 22-46. <br />The fishing history, fish population, and <br />invertebrate fauna were investigated in nine <br />high mountain lakes that showed little sport <br />fishing value. Management recommendations are <br />included in the report. <br />ABUNDANCE, COLORADO RIVER DRAINAGE, FISHERY- <br />Sport, HABITAT, HISTORY, INVERTEBRATES-- <br />Plankton, MANAGEMENT, PLATTE RIVER DRAINAGE, <br />WATER QUALITY-Physical <br />60 <br />Branson, B. A. 1961. Observations on the <br />distribution of nuptual tubercles in some <br />catostomid fishes. Trans. Kans. Acad. Sci. <br />64:360-372. <br />A description of the nuptual tubercles on some <br />members of the sucker family, including the <br />razorback sucker (Xyrauchea texanus). <br />ANATOMY/MORPHOLOGY; COLORADO RIVER DRAINAGE, <br />ENDANGERED <br />61 <br />Branson, B. A. 1966. Some rare and vanishing <br />fishes. Bioscieace 16:611-613. <br />Contains photographs of Colorado squawfish <br />(Pt chocheilus lucius) and flannelmouth <br />suckers Catostomus latipinnis). <br />COLORADO RIVER DRAINAGE, DESCRIPTION, <br />ENDANGERED <br />62 <br />Braaeon, B. A. 1973. Fishes of our and <br />lands.. Natl. Parks Conserv. Msg. <br />47(11):22-24. <br />A semi-popular treatment of the decline of <br />native fishes in the Southwest. <br />ALTERATION, COLORADO RIVER DRAINAGE, HABITAT, <br />ENDANGERED, POPULAR <br />63 <br />Branson, B. A. 1977. Changing bowls. Where <br />are the 60-pound minnows? Environment <br />19(3):25-30. <br />A popular article describing the deleterious <br />impacts that have resulted from the introduc- <br />tion of erotic fish species in various parts <br />of the country. The article includes discus- <br />sion of the situation with the Colorado squaw- <br />fish, Ptychocheilus lucius. <br />COLORADO RIVER DRAINAGE, COMPETITION, <br />ENDANGERED, HABITAT, POPULAR, PREDATION <br />64 <br />Branson, B. A., and C. J. McCoy, Jr. 1966. <br />Observations on breeding tubercles in <br />X~rauc~hen teganus (Abbott). Southwest. Nat. <br />11:31. <br />Descriptions of nuptual tubercles on a male <br />razorback sucker from Dinosaur National Monu- <br />ment, Moffat County, Colorado. <br />ANATOMY/MORPHOLOGY, COLORADO RIVER DRAINAGE, <br />DESCRIPTION, ENDANGERED <br />65 <br />Bucklin, F. E., and G. N. Hunter. 1941. A <br />stream census. of the South and Middle Saint <br />Vrain creeks 1940. Colo. Game and Fish <br />Comm. 19pp. <br />The purpose of this study was to devise a <br />management plan that would enhance the fishing <br />potential, e.g., the development of a good <br />stocking program for typical mountain streams <br />of Colorado. The South and Middle Saint Vrain <br />creeks are treated- as one stream through the <br />report. <br />DISEASE, DISTRIBUTION, FISHERY--Sport, FOOD, <br />INVENTORY, MANAGEMENT, PLATTE RIVER DRAINAGE, <br />WATER QUALITY--Chemical, Physical <br />66 <br />Bucklin, F. E., and 0. E. Parsons. 1942. A <br />stream census of the Cache la Poudre River <br />1941. Colo. Game and Fish Comm. 18pp. <br />The Colorado Game and Fish Department con- <br />ducted an extensive stream census survey of <br />10 <br />