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JAMES EVERETT DEACON

CONTENTS

TABLES

INTRODUCTION

Table 1. Stream-flow in Cubic Feet per Second, Neosho River near Council Grove, Kansas. Drainage Area: 250 Square Miles

Table 2. Stream-flow in Cubic Feet per Second, Neosho River near Parsons, Kansas. Drainage Area: 4905 Square Miles.

Table 3. Stream-flow in Cubic Feet per Second, Marais des Cygnes River Near Ottawa, Kansas. Drainage Area: 1,250 Square Miles.

Table 4. Stream-flow in Cubic Feet per Second, Marais des Cygnes River at Trading Post, Kansas. Drainage Area: 2,880 Square Miles.

DESCRIPTION OF NEOSHO RIVER

DESCRIPTION OF MARAIS DES CYGNES RIVER

METHODS

ANNOTATED LIST OF SPECIES

Table 5. Numbers and Sizes of Long-nosed Gar Captured by Shocker and Gill Nets at the Middle and Lower Neosho Stations in 1957, 1958 and 1959.

Table 6. Numbers and Sizes of Short-nosed Gar Captured by Shocker and Gill Nets at the Middle and Lower Neosho Stations in 1958 and 1959.

Table 7. Length-frequency of Channel Catfish from the Neosho River, 1957, 1958 and 1959. (Numbers in Vertical Columns Indicate the Number of Individuals of a Certain Size Collected on That Date.)

Table 8. Length-frequency of Freshwater Drum from the Middle Neosho Station in 1957, 1958 and 1959.

Table 9. Average Number of Individuals Captured per Hour, Using the Shocker, at Different Times of the Day and Night at the Middle Neosho Station in 1958. Numbers in Parentheses Indicate Total Number Captured.

Table 10. Numbers of Fish Seen or Captured per Hour by Use of the Shocker. Excludes Fish Taken by Shocking into a Seine on Riffles; Young-of-the-year Channel Catfish and Flathead Catfish Predominated in Samples Taken by that Method.

FISH-FAUNA OF THE UPPER NEOSHO RIVER

Description of Study-areas

Methods

Changes in the Fauna at the Upper Neosho Station, 1957 Through 1959.

Local Variability of the Fauna in Different Areas at the Upper Neosho Station, 1959

Temporal Variability of Fauna in the Same Areas

Population-Estimation

Movement of Marked Fish

Similarity of the Fauna at the Upper Neosho Station to the Faunas of Nearby Streams

FAUNAL CHANGES, 1957 THROUGH 1959

CONCLUSIONS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

FOOTNOTES

LITERATURE CITED

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