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Leafy trees line opposite bank. Waters on the wide river are green & blue

Intermittent Stream Risk Assessment: Mapping Patterns of Stream Drying and Identifying Vulnerabilities of Stream Fish and Crayfish Communities to Drying

Small creeks and streams often dry out during the summer but still support many insects, fish, crayfish, and plants. Though intermittent streams are the most common type of flowing water across the globe, not much is known about which, how, why, or when streams dry or about how patterns of drying affect species in these habitats. More information about patterns of stream drying can help inform the
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Climate Adaptation Science Centers
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Intermittent Stream Risk Assessment: Mapping Patterns of Stream Drying and Identifying Vulnerabilities of Stream Fish and Crayfish Communities to Drying

Small creeks and streams often dry out during the summer but still support many insects, fish, crayfish, and plants. Though intermittent streams are the most common type of flowing water across the globe, not much is known about which, how, why, or when streams dry or about how patterns of drying affect species in these habitats. More information about patterns of stream drying can help inform the
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Various Lake Powell data used for predicting smallmouth bass entrainment rates and population growth based on thermal suitability below and downstream of Glen Canyon Dam

These data were compiled to create models that estimate entrainment rates and population growth rates of smallmouth bass below Glen Canyon Dam. Objective(s) of our study were to predict smallmouth bass entrainment rates and population growth under different future scenarios of Lake Powell elevations and management. These data represent parameters needed for associated models and data needed to pro
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Southwest Biological Science Center

Viability of side-scan sonar to enumerate Paddlefish, a large pelagic freshwater fish, in rivers and reservoirs

Recreational-grade side-scan sonar (SSS) has become an invaluable tool for inland fisheries, particularly when characterizing underwater habitat, but it is being increasingly used for enumerating large-bodied (> 1 m total length [TL]) aquatic fauna. We used SSS in river and reservoir environments to evaluate methods for identifying and counting Paddlefish Polyodon spathula, a large pelagic plankti
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Wyatt Wolfenkoehler, James M. Long, Ryan Gary, Richard A. Snow, Jason D. Schooley, Lindsey Ann Bruckerhoff, Robert Charles Lonsinger
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Cooperative Research Units

A perched culvert and natural obstructions limit fish dispersal in an intermittent prairie stream

Poorly constructed road crossings block upstream movement of fish into stream reaches that provide critical habitat or connect isolated populations. Although removing these barriers is often a conservation priority, quantifying fish passage following removal has not been well studied, particularly in intermittent streams. In this study, we sought to understand how barriers influence the dispersal
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Keith B. Gido, Skyler C. Hedden, Lindsey Ann Bruckerhoff, Casey A. Pennock, Crosby K. Hedden, Garrett W. Hopper, Elizabeth A. Renner, Eric R. Johnson, Ben J. Postlethwait
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Cooperative Research Units

Failure to achieve recommended environmental flows coincides with declining fish populations: Long-term trends in regulated and unregulated rivers

Dams can be operated to mimic components of the natural flow regime to minimise impacts on downstream ecosystems. However, infrastructure, societal needs, water management, and catchment runoff constrain which and when flow regime attributes can be mimicked.We compared fish assemblage responses, including native and non-native species, over 2 decades of managed environmental flows to those in a ri
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Casey A. Pennock, Lindsey Ann Bruckerhoff, Keith B. Gido, Adam L. Barkalow, Matthew J. Breen, Phaedra E. Budy, William W. Macfarlane, David L. Propst
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Cooperative Research Units

Water storage decisions and consumptive use may constrain ecosystem management under severe sustained drought

Drought has impacted the Colorado River basin for the past 20 years and is predicted to continue. In response, decisions about how much water should be stored in large reservoirs and how much water can be consumptively used will be necessary. These decisions have the potential to limit riverine ecosystem management options through the effect water-supply decisions have on reservoir elevations. We
Authors
Lindsey Ann Bruckerhoff, Kevin Wheeler, Kimberly L. Dibble, B.A. Mihalevich, B.T. Nielson, J. Wang, Charles Yackulic, J.C. Schmidt
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Cooperative Research Units, Southwest Biological Science Center

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Leafy trees line opposite bank. Waters on the wide river are green & blue

Intermittent Stream Risk Assessment: Mapping Patterns of Stream Drying and Identifying Vulnerabilities of Stream Fish and Crayfish Communities to Drying

Small creeks and streams often dry out during the summer but still support many insects, fish, crayfish, and plants. Though intermittent streams are the most common type of flowing water across the globe, not much is known about which, how, why, or when streams dry or about how patterns of drying affect species in these habitats. More information about patterns of stream drying can help inform the
By
Climate Adaptation Science Centers
link

Intermittent Stream Risk Assessment: Mapping Patterns of Stream Drying and Identifying Vulnerabilities of Stream Fish and Crayfish Communities to Drying

Small creeks and streams often dry out during the summer but still support many insects, fish, crayfish, and plants. Though intermittent streams are the most common type of flowing water across the globe, not much is known about which, how, why, or when streams dry or about how patterns of drying affect species in these habitats. More information about patterns of stream drying can help inform the
Learn More

Various Lake Powell data used for predicting smallmouth bass entrainment rates and population growth based on thermal suitability below and downstream of Glen Canyon Dam

These data were compiled to create models that estimate entrainment rates and population growth rates of smallmouth bass below Glen Canyon Dam. Objective(s) of our study were to predict smallmouth bass entrainment rates and population growth under different future scenarios of Lake Powell elevations and management. These data represent parameters needed for associated models and data needed to pro
By
Southwest Biological Science Center

Viability of side-scan sonar to enumerate Paddlefish, a large pelagic freshwater fish, in rivers and reservoirs

Recreational-grade side-scan sonar (SSS) has become an invaluable tool for inland fisheries, particularly when characterizing underwater habitat, but it is being increasingly used for enumerating large-bodied (> 1 m total length [TL]) aquatic fauna. We used SSS in river and reservoir environments to evaluate methods for identifying and counting Paddlefish Polyodon spathula, a large pelagic plankti
Authors
Wyatt Wolfenkoehler, James M. Long, Ryan Gary, Richard A. Snow, Jason D. Schooley, Lindsey Ann Bruckerhoff, Robert Charles Lonsinger
By
Cooperative Research Units

A perched culvert and natural obstructions limit fish dispersal in an intermittent prairie stream

Poorly constructed road crossings block upstream movement of fish into stream reaches that provide critical habitat or connect isolated populations. Although removing these barriers is often a conservation priority, quantifying fish passage following removal has not been well studied, particularly in intermittent streams. In this study, we sought to understand how barriers influence the dispersal
Authors
Keith B. Gido, Skyler C. Hedden, Lindsey Ann Bruckerhoff, Casey A. Pennock, Crosby K. Hedden, Garrett W. Hopper, Elizabeth A. Renner, Eric R. Johnson, Ben J. Postlethwait
By
Cooperative Research Units

Failure to achieve recommended environmental flows coincides with declining fish populations: Long-term trends in regulated and unregulated rivers

Dams can be operated to mimic components of the natural flow regime to minimise impacts on downstream ecosystems. However, infrastructure, societal needs, water management, and catchment runoff constrain which and when flow regime attributes can be mimicked.We compared fish assemblage responses, including native and non-native species, over 2 decades of managed environmental flows to those in a ri
Authors
Casey A. Pennock, Lindsey Ann Bruckerhoff, Keith B. Gido, Adam L. Barkalow, Matthew J. Breen, Phaedra E. Budy, William W. Macfarlane, David L. Propst
By
Cooperative Research Units

Water storage decisions and consumptive use may constrain ecosystem management under severe sustained drought

Drought has impacted the Colorado River basin for the past 20 years and is predicted to continue. In response, decisions about how much water should be stored in large reservoirs and how much water can be consumptively used will be necessary. These decisions have the potential to limit riverine ecosystem management options through the effect water-supply decisions have on reservoir elevations. We
Authors
Lindsey Ann Bruckerhoff, Kevin Wheeler, Kimberly L. Dibble, B.A. Mihalevich, B.T. Nielson, J. Wang, Charles Yackulic, J.C. Schmidt
By
Ecosystems Mission Area, Cooperative Research Units, Southwest Biological Science Center
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