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<br />~ '. <br /> <br />1 ~331 <br /> <br />researchers (during 1997). The 1997 Utah Division of Wildlife Resources low-velocity habitat <br />samples will be processed beginning in the summer 1999. As in the past, deviations in the <br />identifications of those samples will be noted and forwarded to the principal investigators. <br /> <br />Obiectives: <br /> <br />1.) <br />2.) <br />3.) <br />4.) <br /> <br />Sort, identify, enumerate, and report on larval fish drift collections <br />Verify species identifications <br />Provide a permanent repository for San Juan River fish collections, field notes, <br />and associated data <br />Assist principal investigators with collection sorting and identifications <br /> <br />> <br /> <br />Methods: <br /> <br />Larval fish drift collections generated by UNM-NMGF research projects (Colorado pikeminnow <br />drift-netting study, razorback sucker larval fish survey, Colorado pikeminnow spawning bar <br />larval fish sampling) are received unsorted and processed as stated above. In addition to <br />recording the length ranges for each species in each collection, we also note the presence of <br />larval, juvenile, and adult specimens in the samples. The annual report for the larval fish <br />portion of the study will be prepared by UNM personnel, as it has been since 1995. <br /> <br />~:' ~ <br /> <br />We have assisted principal investigators by taking on the responsibility of processing unsorted <br />collections. Specimens are sorted, identified, counted, measured, catalogued, and data submitted <br />to the principal investigator for inclusion in reports. In the past, this work has had to be done <br />on relatively short notice. <br /> <br />Samples from projects are received after the principal investigator has completed their work and <br />'prepared the necessary annual report. This means that there will be a lag of one year in <br />reference collection of specimens and processing of those samples. All collections are matched <br />with the appropriate data-sheet, transferred from formalin to alcohol, stored in museum quality <br />jars, re-identified, counted, measured (range), labeled, and catalogued into the permanent MSB <br />Fish Division collection. <br /> <br />Products: <br /> <br />r ; <br />(<. <br /> <br />A draft report of the 1999 San Juan River specimen curation and larval fish identification <br />sampling activities will be prepared and distributed to the San Juan River Biology Committee <br />for review by 31 March 2000. Upon receipt of written comments, that report will be <br />finalization and disseminated to members of the San Juan River Biology Committee by 1 June <br />2000. Fish collected from this study will be curated in the Division of Fishes, Museum of <br />Southwestern Biology (MSB) , Department of Biology, at the University of New Mexico. <br />Original field notes will be retained in the Division of Fishes and collection information will be <br />electronically stored in a permanent MSB database program. Electronic copies of the field and <br /> <br />Work Plan FY99.wpd <br /> <br />16 <br /> <br />Budget and Work Plan FY99 <br /> <br />r~',,',', <br />r~.'< <br /> <br />1 <br />( <br />