WSP05499

• File Number: 8200.766
• Description: Gunnison River General
• State: CO
• Basin: Gunnison
• Water Division: 4
• Date: 4/1/1997
• Author: Mueller and Hiebert
• Title: Assessment of Kokanee Salmon Transport through Blue Mesa Powerplant - Colorado - During the Spring and Summer of 1994-1996
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Funding and support for this study was provided by the Upper Colorado
Region, Bureau of Reclamation. The project would not have been
possible without the exceptional cooperation and support of the Blue
Mesa Operation and Management crews. Thanks goes to Rick Harris (NPS) ,
Sherman Hebein (CDOW), Pat Martinez (CDOW), Steve McCall
(Reclamation), Ron Sutton (Reclamation), Doug Young (Reclamation) and
Dr. Brett Johnson who all provided valuable suggestions and support.
Special thanks also goes to the many people who operated and
tirelessly repaired the nets including Student Conservation
Association technicians; Susan Lauman, Stephanie Lindquist, Mark
earroll and Jennifer Willis, members of the eDOW, and students from
Colorado State University who assisted in field collections.

LITERATURE

Brett, J.R., and C. Groot. 1963. Some aspects of olfactory and
visual responses in Pacific salmon. J. Fish. Res. Board ean. 20:287-
303.

Bureau of Reclamation. 1975. Blue Mesa Dam and Powerplant,
Technical Record of Design and eonstruction, Colorado River Storage
Project, Gunnison Division - Curecanti Unit, Colorado. Bureau of
Reclamation, Denver, Colorado.

Elliot, J. M. 1971. Some Methods
samples of Benthic Invertebrates.
Scientific Publication No. 25.

for the Statistical Analysis of
Freshwater Biological Association,

Groot, C. and L. Margolis. 1991. Pacific Salmon Life Histories. UBC
Press, Vancouver, Canada. 560 pg.

Johnson, B.M., M.J. Wise, C.J. Counard, and G. szerlong. 1995.
Ecological Effects of Reservoir Operations on Blue Mesa Reservoir.
Annual Progress Report, May 1, 1994-April 30, 1995. Colorado State
University, Fort Collins.

Martinez, P. 1994. Coldwater Reservoir Ecology, Federal Aid project
F-85. eolorado Division of Wildlife, Fort Collins, Colorado.

Martinez, P. 1995. eoldwater Reservoir Ecology, Federal Aid Project
#F-242R-2, Colorado Division of Wildlife, Fort Collins, Colorado.

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