Planned flooding and Colorado River riparian trade-offs downstream from Glen Canyon Dam, Arizona

Ecological Applications

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 701-710

  Stevens, Lawrence E ^a   Ayers, Tina J ^b   Bennett, Jeffery B ^b   Christensen, Kerry ^c   Kearsley, Michael J C ^b   Meretsky, Vicky J ^d   Phillips III, Arthur M ^a   Parnell, Roderic A ^b   Spence, John ^e   Sogge, Mark K ^b   Springer, Abraham E ^b   Wegner, David L ^f  

^a Northern Arizona University ^*  (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Hualapai Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^f Ecosystem Management International Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado River; Endangered species; Glen Canyon Dam; Grand Canyon; Kanab ambersnail (Oxyloma haydeni kanabensis); Planned flooding; Regulated river; Restoration; Riparian ecology; River ecosystem; Saltcedar (Tamarix ramosissima); Southwestern Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus)

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FLOODING; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIPARIAN ZONE; TRADE-OFF;

ARIZONA; COLORADO RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EMPIDONAX TRAILLII; OXYLOMA HAYDENI;

EID: 0034972345     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2001)011[0701:PFACRR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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