CONTENTS

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Introduction[363]
Description of Neosho River[366]
Description of Marais des Cygnes River[367]
Methods[368]
Electrical Fishing Gear[368]
Seines[369]
Gill Nets[370]
Sodium Cyanide[370]
Rotenone[370]
Dyes[370]
Determination of Abundance[371]
Names of Fishes[371]
Annotated List of Species[371]
Fish-fauna of the Upper Neosho River[405]
Description of Study-areas[405]
Methods[406]
Changes in the Fauna at the Upper Neosho Station, 1957 through 1959[407]
Local Variability of the Fauna in Different Areas at the Upper Neosho Station, 1959[409]
Temporal Variability of Fauna in the Same Areas[411]
Population-Estimation[412]
Movement of Marked Fish[416]
Similarity of the Fauna at the Upper Neosho Station to the Faunas of Nearby Streams[418]
Comparison of the Fish-faunas of the Neosho and Marais des Cygnes Rivers[419]
Faunal Changes, 1957 Through 1959[420]
Conclusions[423]
Acknowledgments[425]
Literature Cited[425]