9699

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9699
• Author: Brunson, R.E., and K.D. Christopherson.
• Title: Larval razorback sucker and bonytail survival and growth in the presence of nonnative fish in the Baeser floodplain wetland of the middle Green River.
• USFW Year: 2005.
• USFW - Doc Type: Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Vernal, Utah.
• Copyright Material: NO

Nonnative Fish Species Composition ..................................................................14
Razorback Sucker Survival and Growth .............................................................15
Bonytail Survival and Growth ............................................................................19
DISCUSSION .................................................................................................................20
CONCLUSIONS .............................................................................................................22
RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................................................................22
BIBLIOGRAPHY ...........................................................................................................24
APPENDIX A .................................................................................................................26
APPENDIX B .................................................................................................................31
LIST OF TABLES
Table 1. Summary of razorback sucker and bonytail larvae introduced into each 1/8-acre
enclosure at the Baeser floodplain wetland, Green River (RM 273): 2003.......5
Table 2. Summary of razorback sucker and bonytail larvae introduced in each 1/8-acre
enclosure at the Baeser floodplain wetland, Green River (RM 273): 2004.......8
Table 3. Initial relative abundance and percent composition of fish species captured in
two experimental enclosures, June 2003 ...........................................................9
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