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Fish Reports

tree 2002 Report

Open River Length Distributions

Length distributions (length) as a percentage of catch (percent) for selected species of interest collected by the Long Term Resource Monitoring Program. Fish species are listed in phylogenetical order following Robins et al. (1991) nomenclature. In some instances, meaningful biological interpretation of these distributions may be limited by small sample size or size selectivity of the gear (Anderson and Neumann 1996). Some fish histograms with small sample sizes (<100) are included because of local interest, while others were omitted (reach dependent). Scientific names for the species listed can be found in Table 1.


Figure*
Gizzard shad Electrofishing
Common carp Electrofishing
Smallmouth buffalo Electrofishing
Smallmouth buffalo Hoop netting
Channel catfish Electrofishing
Channel catfish Hoop netting
White bass Electrofishing
Bluegill Electrofishing
Bluegill Fyke netting
Largemouth bass Electrofishing
White crappie Fyke netting
Sauger Electrofishing
Freshwater drum Electrofishing
Freshwater drum Fyke netting
*Figure numbers are not always in sequence because some species were not caught in some study areas. Figure numbers for each species and gear type are consistent among study areas.

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