Table 7.

Seasonal sample sizes and ages of smallmouth bass M. dolomieu collected at three sites in the Shenandoah River

Season	Site	Female smallmouth bass		Male smallmouth bass
		Sample size	Age	Sample size	Age
March 2006	Mainstem	6	2.5 (1.0)	14	2.5 (1.1)
	South Fork	7	ND	13	ND
	North Fork	10	3.0 (0.9)	10	2.7 (1.2)
July 2006	Mainstem	9	2.9 (2.4)	9	2.0 (0.5)
	South Fork	11	2.3 (0.9)	9	2.8 (2.1)
	North Fork	12	2.7 (0.9)	8	2.0 (0.0)
October 2006	Mainstem	6	1.9 (0.4)	10	1.6 (0.5)a
	South Fork	10	2.3 (0.7)	10	2.3 (0.9)a,b
	North Fork	8	2.8 (0.9)	12	2.7 (1.0)b
March 2007	Mainstem	10	3.2 (1.0)	5	3.6 (1.3)
	South Fork	9	3.6 (0.9)	11	3.7 (1.1)
	North Fork	8	3.1 (1.0)	12	3.1 (1.3)

Data are presented as mean and (standard deviation). Values within a block representing sampling time and site followed by the same letter or no letters are not significantly different at p ≤ 0.05

ND no data