7369

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7369
• Author: Marsh, P. C. and W. L. Minckley.
• Title: Radiotagging Razorback Suckers
• USFW Year: 1989.
• USFW - Doc Type: Gila River, Arizona 1988-1989.
• Copyright Material: NO

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:;poendix i. Tracking histories of 14 radio-implanted razorback suckers
Mocked Into the Glla River, Arizona, 24 May 1988. Source and sex of
:ish given. Al] contacts are Included; specific habitat informat-ion was
generally not taken on day of release.
"lo. 700M. Lake Mohave female.
Transmitter functional and fish alive 1000 hr 24 May 1988.
Transmitter and carcass. recovered 1120 hrs 1 June 1988, on
sand-gravel bar 1.6 km downstream from release site: fish
remains found approximately 6 m downstream from
transmitter; left side of skull was missing, possibly
damaged by scavangers (g.g., soft-she L1 turtIe, racoon,
coyote, feral pig, avian scavengers); skeleton intact and
retained.
iio. 701M. Lake Mohave mane.
Transmitter functional and fish alive 0940 hr 24 May 1988.
Transmitter and carcass recovered 25 May 1988 ~. 0.1 km
upstream from release site; fish partially eaten by
scavangers.
Transmitter re-implanted into fish No. 718 (below).
No. 702M Lake Mohave male.
Transmitter functional and fish alive 1025 hr, 24 May 1988.
Located 0.8 km below release site 1800 hr 24 May 1988 in
sandy run; approximate stream width Cw) = 12 m, depth Ez) _
0.2 m, velocity (v) = 0.15 m/see, sand substrate.
Located 0.1 km above release site 0800 hr 25 May 1988 in
pool adjacent to sandy run; channel w = 22 m, pool z = 0.4
m, pool v = 0.05 m/sec, pool substrate sand.
Located at margin of flawing run 0,1 km below release site
1300 hr 2S May 1988, approximate channel w = 7 m. z = 0.2
m, v = 0.30 m/sec, substrate mixed sand and gravel.
Located at In pool adjacent to sandy, main channel run at
release site 1900 hr 25 May .1988; channel w = 13 m, pool z
= 1.2 m, pool v = 0.10 m/sec, pool substrate sand. and silt.
Transmitter plus caudal peduncle bones recovered from near-,
shore mat of C]adophora 0900 hr 1 June 1988 1.6 km below
release site; carcass likely removed by scavangers.
No. 704M Lake Mohave male.
Transmitter functional and fish alive 1040 hr 24 May 1988.
No subsequent contact.
No. 705M Lake Mohave male.
Transmitter functional and fish-alive 24 May 1988.
Located ca 2.4 km below release site 1745 hr 25 May 1988;
fish adjacent to canyon wall, channel w = 12 m, z at wait =
O.b m, v = 0..25 m/sec, substrate sandy.
Transmitter plus dlsarticulated vertebrae recovered on gravel
bar 7.2 km below release site 1510 hr O1 June 1988;
carcass apparently consumed by scavangers.