LIST OF TABLES 

 Table Pages 



1. Fish species recorded for the Yellowstone River (family, 

 scientific and common names) 7 



2. Number and (percent), by sex, of sauger captured in the 

 Yellowstone drainage during the sauger spawning period, March- 

 May, 1976-1980 28 



3. Number and (percent) of sauger recaptured in the Tongue River 

 that were tagged in the Tongue River in previous 

 years 33 



4. Summary of sauger tag returns and mean distance moved (d) in 

 the lower Yellowstone River system 40 



5. Diameters of Stizostedion sp. eggs collected in the 

 Yellowstone River downstream from Intake diversion, 1977-1979. 

 Percent of total is in parenthesis 45 



6. Number of young-of-year sauger captured by electrof ishing in 

 34 backwaters and side channels, August 5-11, 1980, and a 

 description of the sample sites 52 



7. Mean length (mm) of each year class of sauger collected in 

 four sections of the Yellowstone River, autumn, 1977- 

 1979 59 



8. Sauger year class composition (percent) in electrof ishing 

 samples from four sections of the Yellowstone River, autumn, 

 1977-1979 60 



9. Average number of sauger (SGR) and walleye (WE) collected per 

 8 km of river electrof ished during late summer and fall in 

 four sections of the Yellowstone River 52 



10. Age, number and biomass structure of sauger in an 8km section 

 of the Yellowstone River at Miles City, fall, 1978 and 

 1979 64 



11. Number and (percent), by sex, of walleye captured in the 

 Yellowstone River drainage, March-May, 1976-1980 64 



12. Number of sauger and walleye, by sex, collected in the 

 Yellowstone River from Miles City to North Dakota, April 19- 

 27 , 1980 66 



13. Number of sauger and walleye, by sex, collected in the 

 Yellowstone River downstream from Intake diversion, April-May, 

 1976-1980 68 



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