Produced by Chris Curnow, Joseph Cooper and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS PUBLICATIONS MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY Volume 13, No. 9, pp. 359-427, pls. 26-30, 3 figs. August 11, 1961 Fish Populations, Following a Drought, In the Neosho and Marais des Cygnes Rivers of Kansas BY JAMES EVERETT DEACON (Joint Contribution from the State Biological Survey and the Forestry, Fish, and Game Commission) UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAWRENCE 1961 UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS PUBLICATIONS, MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY Editors: E. Raymond Hall, Chairman, Henry S. Fitch, Robert W. Wilson Volume 13, No. 9, pp. 359-427, pls. 26-30, 3 figs. Published August 11, 1961 UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Lawrence, Kansas PRINTED IN THE STATE PRINTING PLANT TOPEKA, KANSAS 1961 28-7576 Fish Populations, Following a Drought, In the Neosho and Marais des Cygnes Rivers of Kansas BY JAMES EVERETT DEACON CONTENTS PAGE 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