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dipnetting produced only fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas), <br />1981 sampling yielded both fathead minows and creek chub <br />'- (Semotilus atromaculatus). <br />Foidel Creek <br />Because all of the previously established stations on this <br />creek were dry, only the newly created Station 5 at the beaver <br />pond produced fish. Dipnetting captured 100 fathead minnows (Table <br />' 10) . <br />' Fish density decreased notably between stations 2 and 3 (Table <br />11). This is also a large drop in fish numbers for Station 3 <br />between 1980 and 1981 results (299 versus 14, respectively). <br />' This difference between this yearly abundance appears to be largely <br />attributable to the absence of speckled dace (Rhinichthes <br />sue) in the 1981 sampling results versus the 1980 results <br />' in which this species comprised 528 of the total number of 299 <br />fish per 100 m (328 ft) length (Harney-White Ecological <br />Consultants, 1981). Although no mottled sculpin (Cottus <br />Vii) were captured in this year's survey, a fish species <br />previously unreported in the study area was found. This species, <br />flannelmouth sucker (Catostomus latipinnis) occurred in both <br />_ stations 2 and 3. Station 2 provided the greatest density and <br />number df taxa of the three stations. Overall, this is a moderate <br />i- to large (Station 3) decrease in the numbers of fish captured <br />this year as opposed to last year (Harney-White Ecological <br />Consultants, 1981). <br />The fish population of Station 1 was dominated by creek chub <br />and speckled dace (Table 12). Three different species of sucker <br />were present but uncommon. Station 2 had a greater number of <br />suckers, but species composition was still heavily weighted toward <br />creek chub, followed by fathead minnow. Station 2 had a higher <br />density of fish than Station 1, but fewer species. Species <br />composition for the two stations didn't differ greatly from last <br />year's conditions, but total numbers for Station 1 are <br />approximately 158 of the 1980 sampling results. Harney-White <br />Ecological Consultants, Inc. (1981) reports that sampling of <br />Station 2 in 1975 and 1979 produced only 13 and 8 fish, <br />respectively. This level of fish abundance is considerably lower <br />than found in recent years. <br />• <br />24 <br />