These data were compiled to model the effects of flow regime and bed grain size distributions on rates of gross primary production (GPP) in the Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam, AZ, USA. The objectives of our study were to quantify daily and weekly scale effects of an experimental flow regime on GPP in the Colorado River. The experimental flow was conducted at Glen Canyon Dam from May-August in 2018, 2019, and 2020 and contrasted steady-low flows on weekend days with business-as-usual hydropeaking flows during weekdays. This data release only contains data through 2019. These data represent daily-scale estimates of GPP, discharge, turbidity, water depth, and canyon shading for eleven reaches on the Colorado River below Glen Canyon [...]
Citation Information
| Publication Year | 2022 |
|---|---|
| Title | Gross primary production estimates and associated light, sediment, and water quality data from the Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam |
| DOI | 10.5066/P9ZS6YLV |
| Authors | Bridget R Deemer, Michael D Yard, Nicholas Voichick, David C Goodenough, Glenn E Bennett, Robert O Hall, Michael J Dodrill, David Topping, Thomas Gushue, Jeffrey D Muehlbauer, Theodore A Kennedy, Charles B Yackulic |
| Product Type | Data Release |
| Record Source | USGS Digital Object Identifier Catalog |
| USGS Organization | Southwest Biological Science Center |
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