LIST OF TABLES 



Table 1 Station information and characteristics during sampling 



in 1995 2 



Table 2 Number of individuals of each fish species collected on the 

 Mississippi River (Bnckhouse Slough) and the lower Illinois 

 River (Alton Reach, RM 0-80) in 1996 8 



Table 3 Number of individuals of each fish species collected on 



La Grange Reach (RM 80-158) of the middle Illinois River 



(RM 80-231) in 1995 10 



Table 4 Number of individuals of each fish species collected on 

 Peoria Reach (RM 158-231) of the middle Illinois River 

 (RM 80-231) in 1995 11 



Table 5 Number of individuals of each fish species collected in 



Starved Rock, Marseilles, and Dresden Reaches of the upper 



Illinois Waterway (RM 231-280) in 1996 12 



Table 6 Number of individuals of each fish species collected per 

 hour of electrofishing at Reach 26 of the Mississippi River 

 (Bnckhouse Slough) and at six reaches of the Illinois River 

 Waterway in 1 996 14 



Table 7. Species ranked by relative abundance in number of fish 



collected per hour for 1 995 15 



Table 8 Pounds of each fish species collected per tiour of 

 electrofishing at Reach 26 of the Mississippi River 

 (Bnckhouse Slough) and at six reaches of the Illinois River 

 Waterway in 1 995 21 



Table 9 Species ranked by relative abundance in pounds offish 



collected per hour for 1 995 22 



