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Author Spofford, Jr., Walter O

Title Energy Development in the Southwest : Problems of Water, Fish, and Wildlife in the Upper Colorado River Basin
Published Milton : Taylor and Francis, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (345 pages)
Series Routledge Revivals
Routledge revivals.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; PART II. IMPACTS ON WATER QUALITY, FISH, AND WILDLIFE; 7. THE INFLUENCE OF REDUCED STREAMFLOWS ON WATER QUALITY; Introduction; Reduced Stream Discharge; Stream Dewatering Location; Precipitation-Evapotranspiration-Runoff; Biological Community; Geology; Organic Quality Parameters; Biological Indices; Research Needs; DISCUSSION: Gene E. Likens; Some General Characteristics of Forested Landscapes in the North Temperate Zone; Disturbance from Long Range; Disturbance from Within; Some Summary Thoughts
DISCUSSION: Lee Ischinger8. POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF ALTERATIONS IN STREAMFLOW AND WATER QUALITY ON FISH AND MACROINVERTEBRATES IN THE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN; Introduction; Fish Fauna of the Upper Colorado River Basin; Changes Caused by Impoundments; Problems with Supply and Demand for Sport Fishing; Ecology of Fish and Instream Flows; Salmonids; Other Fish; Responses of Macroinvertebrates to Streamflow; Stream Channelization; Water Quality; Recommendations for Streamflows; Recommendations for Research; Summary; DISCUSSION: Donald L. Tennant; DISCUSSION: Carl B. Schreck
9. THE IMPACTS OF HABITAT ALTERATIONS AND INTRODUCED SPECIES ON THE NATIVE FISHES OF THE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASINIntroduction; Native Fish Fauna; Fish Community of the Lower Basin; The Fishes of Champaign County, Illinois; The Colorado River as an Insular System; Competition with Introduced Fishes; Predation; Habitat Alteration; Extinction Theory; Priorities for the Upper Colorado River Basin; DISCUSSION: John P. Hubbard; DISCUSSION: Robert F. Raleigh; 10. THE IMPACTS OF HABITAT ALTERATIONS ON THE ENDANGERED AND THREATENED FISHES OF THE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN; Introduction
The Environment and the FishesThe Razorback Sucker; The Squawfish; The Bonytail Chub; The Humpback Chub; Cutthroat Trout; Energy Development, Coexistence, and Realities; DISCUSSION: Paul B. Holden; DISCUSSION: James E. Johnson; 11. THE ECOLOGY OF COLORADO RIVER RESERVOIR SHORELINES; Introduction; River and Reservoir Setting; Geology and Physiography of the Lake Powell Area; Climate; Regional Vegetation; From a River to a Lake; Shoreline Surface Materials; Shoreline Mapping; Description; Extent of Shoreline Types; Shoreline Succession; Biomass Studies; Riparian Succession of the Colorado River
Lakeshore Succession of Lake PowellSubmergence Effects; Breakdown and Decomposition of Flooded Vegetation; Impact of Submergence on Tamarisk Seedlings; Shoreline Predictions and Water Level Management; DISCUSSION: Robert D. Ohmart; DISCUSSION: Robert D. Curtis; 12. THE IMPACTS OF ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ON BIG GAME IN NORTHWESTERN COLORADO; Introduction; Big Game; Mule Deer; Elk; Antelope; Bighorn or Mountain Sheep; Bear; Mountain Lion; Development Impact Assessment Problems; Research Needs; DISCUSSION: Duane A. Asherin; DISCUSSION: Jack Howerton
Notes PART III. FISH AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT IN THE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN: PLANNING AND EVALUATION CONSIDERATIONS AND PROCEDURES
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Subject Energy development-Environmental aspects-Southwest, New
Form Electronic book
Author Parker, Alfred L
Kneese, Allen V
ISBN 9781317331155
131733115X