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1 online resource (288 pages) |
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""Colorado River Ecology and Dam Management""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Committee Synopsis""; ""FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""Initiate Long-Term Research and Monitoring in the Grand Canyon""; ""Ensure that Dam Operations Are Flexible""; ""Seek Research Talent from the Academic Sector""; ""Include the USGS on the Federal Executive Management Committee""; ""Use an Ecosystem Approach to Grand Canyon Research""; ""Revisit 1987 NRC Recommendations on the GCES""; ""REFERENCES""; ""1 The Law and Politics of the Operation of Glen Canyon Dam""; ""INTRODUCTION"" |
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""HISTORY OF RIVER DEVELOPMENT""""DIVIDING THE WATERS: THE ORIGINS OF THE LAW OF THE RIVER""; ""Structure of the Compact""; ""The Evolving Law of the River""; ""DISTRIBUTING FEDERAL LARGESSE""; ""THE NECESSITY FOR FURTHER ALLOCATIONS: SECURITY UNDERMINED BY CONFLICT""; ""ACCOMMODATION OF NEW VALUES""; ""Omitted Interests: Indians and Mexico""; ""Accommodating Emerging Values""; ""HOW SHALL THE COMPUTERS BE PROGRAMMED: MANAGING THE RIVER IN THE SHADOW OF THE LAW""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""2 The Role of Science in Natural Resource Management: The Case for the Colorado River"" |
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""INTRODUCTION""""THE STRENGTH OF SCIENCE""; ""THE LIMITS OF SCIENCE""; ""MANAGEMENT CHOICES""; ""THE CASE FOR THE COLORADO RIVER""; ""THE LONG-TERM INTERACTION BETWEEN SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT""; ""ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE""; ""OPPORTUNITY FOR MANAGEMENT""; ""LONG-TERM MONITORING AND SUSTAINED EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH IN MANAGEMENT TERMS""; ""MANAGEMENT IN SCIENTIFIC TERMS""; ""THE PRESENT STATE OF AFFAIRS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""3 Hydrology of Glen Canyon and the Grand Canyon""; ""INTRODUCTION-NATURAL FLOWS INTO LAKE POWELL""; ""EARLY UNDERSTANDING OF COLORADO RIVER FLOWS"" |
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""THE EARLY HEARINGS ON DEVELOPMENT OF THE LOWER COLORADO""""UNCERTAINTY IN AVERAGE STREAMFLOW""; ""EVAPORATION, BANK STORAGE, AND LAKE POWELL WATER BALANCE""; ""RECONSTITUTED, NATURAL INFLOWS TO LAKE POWELL""; ""GLEN CANYON AND THE RELEASE RULES""; ""RELATIONSHIP OF SEDIMENT TRANSPORT TO STREAM FLOW IN THE CANYON""; ""EFFECT OF OPERATION OF UPPER BASIN STATE RESERVOIRS ON GLEN CANYON AND THE GRAND CANYON""; ""TRAVEL TIMES THROUGH THE GRAND CANYON""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""4 Sediment Transport in the Colorado River Basin""; ""INTRODUCTION"" |
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""HISTORICAL SAMPLING OF SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS""""SOURCE AREAS OF RUNOFF AND SEDIMENT""; ""EFFECTS OF RESERVOIR STORAGE ON SEDIMENT BALANCE IN SELECTED REACHES OF THE COLORADO RIVER""; ""GREEN RIVER DOWNSTREAM FROM FLAMING GORGE RESERVOIR""; ""COLORADO RIVER DOWNSTREAM FROM GLEN CANYON DAM""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""5 Limnology of Lake Powell and the Chemistry of the Colorado River""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""MORPHOMETRY AND HYDRODYNAMICS OF LAKE POWELL""; ""Glen Canyon Dam""; ""Physical Features of the Reservoir""; ""River Discharge and the Water Budget of Lake Powell"" |
| Notes |
""Seasonal Stratification"" |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Stream ecology -- Arizona -- Glen Canyon Dam Region -- Congresses
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Stream ecology.
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| SUBJECT |
Glen Canyon Dam (Ariz.) -- Environmental aspects -- Congresses
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| Subject |
Arizona -- Glen Canyon Dam.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780309597722 |
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0309597722 |
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