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Table 3. Relative abundance of mountain whitefish, burbot and non-game fish in the Study Area. 



Relative abundance 

 Average longnose and white longnose 



sub-section mountain whi tefish burbot suckers 



<6 in >6 in <6 in >6 in 



Stream/ 



Sample section 



length 



(ft)'' <6 in'' >6 in 



mottled 



dace sculpin 

 <6 in <6 in 



Big Hole River 



A - Dooling Bridge 1,261 



B - Nelson Lane 890 



C - Hirschy Ranch 1,280- 



1,738 



D - Above Wisdom Br. 1,A35 



(upper west channel) 



E - Above Wisdom Br. 2,121 



(lower west channel) 



F - Above Wisdom Br. 3,500 



(east channel) 



G - Below Wisdom Br. 3,314- 



(west channel) 3,578 



H - Below Wisdom Br. 931 



(east channel) 



Tributaries 



I - Governor Creek bU7 



J - Swamp Creek 919 



K - Steel Creek 982 



Irrigation Ditches 



L - Above Wisdom Br. 1,262 



(McDowell Ranch) 



M - Above Wisdom Br. 2,032 



(McDowell Ranch) 



N - Above Wisdom Br. 3,188 



(near airport) 



none (0.0) few (0.7) 



abun (A.O) many (2.6) 



abun (3.7) many (3.1) 



few (0.6) few (0.7) 



some (2.4) few (1.0) 



few (1.4) few (1.0) 



abun (3.9) many (2.9) 



some (2.2) few (1.0) 



many (2.5) some (1.8) 

 few (1.1) none (0.2) 

 few (0.9) none (0.0) 



none (0.1) none (0.0) 



none (0.0) none (0.0) 



few (1.0) none (0.0) 



none (0.0) none (0.0) ncne (0.4) none (0.5) 



none (0.0) few (1.0) abun (3.8) many (3.0) 



none (0.0) few (0.8) abun (3.6) many (2.8) 



none (0.0) none (0.2) many (3.2) some (2.3) 



none (0.2) none (0.2) many (3.3) some (1.7) 



none (0.0) none (0.0) abun (4.0) some (2.5) 



none (0.0) none (0.1) abun (4.0) many (2.7) 



none (0.2) none (0.0) abun (4.0) some (2.4) 



none (0.0) few (0.9) many (3.2) many (3.2) 



none (0.2) none (0.4) abun (4.0) some (1.8) 



none (0.2) few (0.5) abun (4.0) abun (3.8) 



none (0.0) none (0.2) abun (4.0) many (3.2) 



none (0.0) none (0.0) abun (4.0) none (0.0) 



none (0.0) none (0.0) abun (4.0) few (0.0) 



ncne (0.3) abui (3.7) 



abun (4.0) abun (3.6) 



abun (4.0) many (3.2) 



Not Counted some (1.6) 



abun (3.7) few (1.4) 



abun (4.0) none (0.5) 



abun (4.0) none (0.5) 



abun (3.9) some (2.0) 



many (2.8) some (2.4) 

 many (3.7) few (1.0) 



abun (4.0) abun (3.9) 



abun (4.0) none (0.4) 



abun (4.0) none (0.0) 



abun (4.0) none (0.0) 



Wative AirrbTDe refers to the classificaticrs cfescribed in tfe Mrthxk aR "fa^', "sore", 'tiirv", aid "rtLrdnt". For this table, ttrse classificiticrp are gi«n 

 ruiber valus 1,2,3 md 4, re^Kitively. In all esses there vbb mnre then ere SLb-aoction per soipling secticn, arl ai average ruitir valic axl classificatian tcm is 

 there fa e presented. Becatee siirsecticn lengths were ircx^l, the indivicLel ruitcr valics wore adJLEtcd b/ a woi^ting factor, khich tos the Itrgth of the 

 sUb-9BCticrL For ooiple, if tvo estiretes were ra* (\eluES of 1 and 2) vhich had lengths of 500 ft axl 1,000 ft, re^artively, a^srsgp ixrdenx muld be calculated 

 by: (1)(500) + {2)(1 ,000)/1 ,500 = 1.67. 



These sample sections correspond to sample sections used in Figure 1. 



Average sub-section lengths varied in some cases because certain species were not counted in some sub-sections. 



>6, <6 = fish over and under 6 inches, respectively. 



