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Introduction 363
Description of Neosho River 366
Description of Marais des Cygnes River 367
Methods 368
Electrical Fishing Gear 368
Seines 369
Gill Nets 370
Sodium Cyanide 370
Rotenone 370
Dyes 370
Determination of Abundance 371
Names of Fishes 371
Annotated List of Species 371
Fish-fauna of the Upper Neosho River 405
Description of Study-areas 405
Methods 406
Changes in the Fauna at the Upper Neosho Station, 1957 through 1959 407
Local Variability of the Fauna in Different Areas at the Upper Neosho Station, 1959 409
Temporal Variability of Fauna in the Same Areas 411
Population-Estimation 412
Movement of Marked Fish 416
Similarity of the Fauna at the Upper Neosho Station to the Faunas of Nearby Streams 418
Comparison of the Fish-faunas of the Neosho and Marais des Cygnes Rivers 419
Faunal Changes, 1957 Through 1959 420
Conclusions 423
Acknowledgments 425
Literature Cited 425

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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