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

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TABLES, Continued
Culture of Endangered Colorado River Fishes - Section V
Induced SDawninR and Culture of Bonvtail Chub
Number Page
1 Summary of data for spawning female bonytail chubs
during May 1981 at Willow Beach National Fish Hatchery 172
2 Summary of data for incubating eggs of bonytail chub
at three different water temperatures . . . . . . . . . 172
3 Water analysis summary for culturing larval bonytail
chubs in a recirculating system . . . . . . . . . . . 173
4 Growth rate for larval bonytail chubs cultured in a
recirculating system at Willow Beach National
Fish Hatchery (Arizona) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
4. Tolerance and Preferences of Colorado River
Endangered Fishes to Selected Habitat Parameters
1 Initial concentrations of ions in each compartment
of the TDS preference chamber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
2 Water quality of Willow Beach National Fish Hatchery
and Utah Water Research Laboratory . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
3 Temperature distribution statistics for razorback
suckers, comparison of day and night values . . . . . . . 195
4 Temperature selection of four Colorado River fishes . . . . 198
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5 Analysis of variance of acute thermal preferenda
of Colorado Squawfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
6 Fisher's (protected) least significant difference of
juvenile squawfish at different acclimation
temperatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
7 Hematological characteristics of four Colorado River
fishes (n = 56 razorbacks, 30 juvenile squawfish,
19 adult squawfish, 30 humpbacks, and 31 bonytails) . . . 221
8 Baseline hematology of three species of commonly
cultured fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
9 Comparison of refractometric and colorometric methods
for determining hemoglobin and total protein levels
in the Colorado Squawfish and razorback sucker. A
t-test was employed to compare means obtained by the
two methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
10 Swimming performance (minutes to fatigue) of razorback
suckers (15-30 cm in length) at different water
temperatures and velocities. A test was discontinued
when a fish swam for 120 minutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
11 Analysis of variance of effects of water velocity
(main effect) temperature (main effect), and fish
length (covariate) on swimming-time-to-fatigue of
four Colorado River fishes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
12 Swimming performance (minutes to fatigue) of juvenile
Colorado squawfish (77-142 mm in length) at different
dis-
water temperatures and velocities. A test was
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continued if a fish swam for 120 minutes • 229
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