Science-based strategies for future high-flow experiments at Glen Canyon Dam

US Geological Survey Circular

Volumn , Issue 1366, 2011, Pages 127-147

  Wright, Scott A ^a   Kennedy, Theodore A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; FUTURE PROSPECT; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; PEAK FLOW; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SALMONID;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857345333     PISSN: 1067084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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