9508

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9508
• Author: Valdez, R. A. and P. Nelson.
• Title: Green River Subbasin Floodplain Management Plan.
• USFW Year: 2004.
• USFW - Doc Type: Lakewood, Colorado.
• Copyright Material: NO

3.0 Scientific Basis And Underlying Principles

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April 2004

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· First Connection
· Larval Entrainment
· River Inundation
· High Production
· Fish Length: 20-150 mm

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· Reconnect in Spring
· Fish Remain
· Water Refresh
· Renewed Production
· Fish Length: 150-300 mm

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· Reconnect in Spring
· Some Fish Escape
· Water Refresh
· Renewed Production
· Fish Length: 300-400 mm

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YEAR 4
· Reconnect in Spring
· Fish Escape
· Desiccate - Reset
· No Production
· Fish Length: 400+ mm

Figure 3-4. Schematic of idealized "reset theory" of floodplain management strategy for the Green River Subbasin.