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<br />TABLE OF CONTENTS <br /> <br />CHAPER 1: THE GCMRC's Draft FY 2006 Annual Work Plan <br /> <br />INTRODUCnON ................................. .............................................................. ................1 <br />STRATEGY FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE WORK PLAN ..........................................1 <br /> <br />GEOGRAPHIC SCOPE ....................... .... ..........................................................................8 <br />GRAND CANYON MONITORING AND RESEARCH CENTER ................................10 <br />Mission of GCMRC .................................................. ................................ .............1 0 <br />Role and Responsibilities............ .... ......................................... .... ............ ..............11 <br />Ensuring Objective, Quality Science .....................................................................11 <br />MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES AND INFORMA nON NEEDS.................................. 12 <br /> <br />Introduction............. ..................................... ............. .................................... ........ .12 <br />Historical Development of the Management Objectives <br />and Information Needs........ .......................................................................12 <br /> <br />Revision Process ........ ............... ................................... ..........................................13 <br />GCMRC's PROPOSED SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES .......................................................13 <br />OVERVIEW OF SCIENCE COORDINATION AND SUPPORT ..................................14 <br />GCMRC'S BIENNIAL SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM ...........................................................19 <br />SCHEDULE AND BUDGET ..... ..... .................................. ................ ................................20 <br />Budget Review and Approval Process...................................................................20 <br /> <br />CHAPTER 2. SCIENCE ACTIVITIES .....................................................................................22 <br />PROJECT A. PHYSICAL SCIENCE, MODELING, AND DASA PROGRAM .................22 <br /> <br />Project A. I. <br />Project A.2. <br /> <br />Project A.3. <br /> <br />Project A.4. <br /> <br />Project A.5a. <br /> <br />Project A.5b. <br />Project A.6. <br /> <br />Project A.7. <br /> <br />Ongoing Provisional Monitoring - Lake Powell Quality-of- Water ..........22 <br />Ongoing Provisional Monitoring - Downstream Quality-of- Water <br />for Physical, Biological and Chemical Sampling ......................................24 <br />Completion of Research & Development in Support of Monitoring <br />Changes in Fine-Sediment Storage along the Main Channel & <br />Shorelines of the CRE.................. ........................................................... ...28 <br />Ongoing Support of Provisional Monitoring Remote Sensing Data <br /> <br />Acquisition........................... ........... .......... .................. ...... ..... ................... .31 <br />Science Support of All Data Storage Within Grand Canyon Integrated <br />(Oracle) Database Management System (DASA) .....................................34 <br />Ongoing Data Conversion & Library Operations (D_ASA) .......................36 <br />Ongoing Support - GIS General Support for Integrated Analyses <br />and Projects (DASA) ... ........... ..... .............................. ................................38 <br />Completion of Channel-Mapping Project (DASA) ...................................40 <br /> <br />BI OSCIEN CES ................................................................................................................42 <br />Project 8.1. Ongoing Provisional Monitoring - Terrestrial Activities (KAS and <br /> <br />S WWF) ... .......... ..... ................. ....... ....... ........................................ .... .........42 <br />Project B.2. Continued Research and Development - Aquatic Productivity, <br />Organic Mass Balance, and Food Web Linkage Studies...........................44 <br />Project B.3. Ongoing Provisional Monitoring - Status and Trends of <br />Downstream Fish Community..........................................;.... ...... .... ....... ...46 <br />Project B.4. Ongoing Provisional Monitoring - Status & Trends of Lees Ferry <br /> <br />Trout........ ................. ................................. ...... ...........................................48 <br />Project B.S. Completion of Habitat Map& Inventory in Support of Monitoring ..........50 <br />1 <br />GCMRC FY2006 Annual Work Plan (Draft June 10,2005) <br /> <br />B. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />!e <br /> <br />e. <br />