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30 <br />then, data forms have been developed that are compatible with computer <br />processing. <br />The data are being organized to be stored and analyzed utilizing a <br />computer storage and retrieval program called MANAGE that has been <br />developed by the Fish and Wildlife Service's Western Energy and Land Use <br />Team at Fort Collins, Colorado. This program is very versatile and <br />offers almost an unlimited array of sorting and retrieval options that <br />can be integrated with a variety of statistical analysis packages. <br />There are an infinite number of comparisons and data arrays possible <br />from the data base being developed, but some of the obvious analyses are-- <br />comparison of habitat and population parameters across the geographic <br />and time strata that were-established. There will also be developed a <br />description of the physical characteristics of the different habitats <br />that have been defined and an opportunity to extrapolate habitat parameters- - <br />for those habitats that fish did not occupy. 'The species composition of- <br />the fish populations and their relative abundance in the different <br />spatial strata can be examined and related to the physical characteristics <br />present in each strata. <br />The accumulation of site-specific physical data associated with rare <br />fish captures will enable us to develop multivariate comparisons and to <br />utilize the principle of habitat selectivity developed by the-Instream <br />Flow Group (Bovee and Cochnauer 1977).