r Table 6. — Number and weight (in pounds) of each of the species of sunfishes collected, 1950, in each 



of the eight divisions of Jordan Creek, and the total number and total weight of each species collected 

 in all divisions combined. 



result of great differences in size and abundance 

 between the bass and the other sunfishes. The 

 bass were relatively few in number and large. The 

 other sunfishes were numerous and small. In 

 Division 1, both the total number and the total 

 weight percentages of the sunfish family were low, 

 table 8, because of a scarcity of pools. In 

 Divisions 2, 3, and 4 the percentages of total 

 number were comparatively low while those of total 

 weight were high. In these divisions were found 

 most of the larger bass, table 6. 



Smallmouth Black Bass. --By weight, 67 per 

 cent of the fish of this species were collected in 

 the lower area, associated with more shade, deeper 



pools, steeper gradient, and more cover than were 

 present in the upper area. The adults were taken 

 usually in the deeper water of pools where there 

 was such cover as boulders or root-masses. The 

 young, however, were found most often in or neat 

 the riffle areas. 



Largemouth Black Bass. -- The largemouth was 

 taken only in the upper, open area, where the low 

 stream gradient and absence of shade produced long 

 warm pools with only moderate currents. 



Warmouth. -- Two specimens were taken in 

 Division 5 during fall recheck censuses. Since this 

 species was not present in the earlier collections, 

 it seems likely that these two specimens came from 



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