List of Figures 

 Number 

 1 General map of study area 



2 Sample sites in the Kootenai River watershed, and adjacent 



portions of the Clark Fork and Stillwater 



watersheds 6 



3 Sample sites containing no sculpin in the Kootenai River 



watershed and lower Clark Fork River watershed in the 

 Kootenai National Forest, and Stillwater drainage in the 

 Flathead National Forest 7 



4 Stream character at sites containing slimy sculpin, and 



torrent sculpin in the Kootenai National Forest 12 



5 Dominant substrate composition at sample sites containing 



slimy sculpin, and torrent sculpin at four levels of 

 abundance 14 



6 Mean stream temperature at sample sites containing slimy, 



and torrent sculpin 15 



7 Stream gradient at respective sample sites containing slimy 



and torrent sculpin 17 



8 Stream order frequency for respective sample sites 



containing slimy, and torrent sculpin 18 



9 Zoobenthos density at respective sample sites containing 



slimy, and torrent sculpin 19 



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