7824

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7824
• Author: Miller, W. H., et al.
• Title: Colorado River Fishery Project, Part III, Final Report, Contracted Studies.
• USFW Year: 1982.
• USFW - Doc Type: \
• Copyright Material: NO

CONTENTS, Continued
Fish Stomach Content Analysis, continued
Page
Summary, continued
By strata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
References cited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Appendix A Significant differences for consumption by mean
weight among strata and Fisher least significant
difference (FSD) results . . . . . . . 308-315
Appendix A-1 Food item values for all strata . . . . 316
Appendix A-2 Food item values by stratum . . . . . . . . . . . 317-320
Appendix A-3 Food item values for fish species . . . . . . . . 321-324
TABLES
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1. IFG Study of Physical-Chemical Habitat Conditions
on the Green and Colorado Rivers in Colorado and Utah
Number
1 Comparisons of squawfish young-of-the-year (YOY)
preferences based on total catch, total Colorado
River catch, total Green River catch and partial
Green River catch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2 Results of regression analysis used in development
. of validation temperatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3 Results of validation process for Upper Colorado
River Basin sites 1964-1977 . . . . . . . . . . . .
4 Validation statistic for normal year meterologic
and hydrologic input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5 Wind calibration statistics: 1964-1977 . . . . . . . .
6 Calibration wind factors used to adjust mean differences
between predicted and simulated validation temperatures.
7 Maximum daytime temperature increments . . . . . . . .
2. Spawning Behavior, Habitat Selection, and Early
Life History of Northern Squawfish with
Inferences to Colorado Squawfish
1 Dates and temperatures reported to coincide
with spawning by northern squawfish . . . . . . . .
2 Length data (fork lengths in mm) for the mature
male and female northern squawfish collected
in the St. Joe River in 1980 and 1981 . . . . . . .
3 Maximum ages, lengths and ages at first reproduction,
and length-weight relationships of five populations
of northern squawfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4 Preferred habitat characteristics for different size
classes of northern squawfish from the St. Joe River,
Idaho. Shown are sample size, number of schools,
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