Fish Populations, Following a Drought, in the Neosho and Marais des Cygnes Rivers of Kansas

by James E. Deacon

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Transmitted March 30, 1961.

PLATE 26

Fig. 1. Neosho River, Middle Station, Sec. 3 and 4, T. 24 S., R. 17 E., looking upstream, July, 1958.
Fig. 2. Neosho River, Lower Station, Sec. 16, T. 29 S., R. 20 E., along gravel bar, July, 1959.

PLATE 27

Fig. 1. Marais des Cygnes River, Upper Station, Sec. 12, T. 17 S., R. 17 E., looking downstream, June, 1960.
Fig. 2. Marais des Cygnes River, Middle Station, Sec. 6, T. 17 S., R. 20 E., looking downstream, June, 1960.

PLATE 28

Fig. 1. Electrical fishing gear used at night.
Fig. 2. Pool at the upper Neosho station in which rotenone was used, Sec. 33, T. 15 S., R. 8 E., looking downstream, June, 1960.

PLATE 29

Fig. 1. Area 1, upper Neosho station, Sec. 33, T. 15 S., R. 8 E., looking upstream, June, 1960.
Fig. 2. Area 3, upper Neosho station, Sec. 10, T. 16 S., R. 8 E., looking downstream, June, 1960.

PLATE 30

Fig. 1. Area 5, upper Neosho station, Sec. 3, T. 16 S., R. 8 E., looking upstream, June, 1960.
Fig. 2. Area 6, upper Neosho station, Sec. 3, T. 16 S., R. 8 E., looking upstream, June, 1960.