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TABLE OF CONTENTS <br />Introduction <br />.................................................... 1 <br />A Strategy for Determining the Flow-habitat <br />Re <br />uire <br />t <br />f <br />h <br />q <br />men <br />s o <br />t <br />e Endangered Fishes ......... <br />Assessment of flow recommendations <br />the long-term <br />rocess 2 <br />5 <br />, <br />p <br />.............. <br />Flow-habitat Management Objectives for the 15-mile R <br />h <br />eac <br />................. <br />Ph <br />i <br />l h 6 <br />ys <br />ca <br />abitat ........................ . . . . <br />............... <br />T 7 <br />emperature ............................ . . . . <br />Introduced fishes <br />............... 10 <br />....................... . . . . . . . . <br />.............. <br />Water clarity ........ 11 <br />.................. <br />Agricultural pesticides 11 <br />.......................... <br />Angling mortality ..... 12 <br />........................................ 12 <br />Approaches for Achieving Flow-habitat <br />Management Objectives for the 15-mile Reach <br />........ . . . . . . . <br />............ <br />Ph <br />si <br />l h <br />bi 13 <br />y <br />ca <br />a <br />tat ........................ . . . . . . . . <br />.............. <br />T 13 <br />emperature .......................... . . . . . . . <br />.............. <br />Introduced fishe 16 <br />s ........................ . . . . . . . . <br />. <br />............ <br />Wate <br />l <br />i 17 <br />r c <br />ar <br />ty .......................... . . <br />. <br />Agricultural pesticides <br />. • . . . .... • • 18 <br />........................... <br />Angling mortality .... 18 <br />......................................... 19 <br />Flow-management Recommendation for the 15-mile Reach .............. 19 <br />.... <br />Importance to Colorado squawfish of implementing the flow recommendation . 21 <br />Comparison of the flow recommendation to historic flows ............. 25 <br />.. <br />Com <br />i <br />f <br />h <br />fl <br />par <br />son o <br />t <br />e <br />ow recommendation to natural flows ............ 27 <br />.... <br />Hypotheses to be tested as part of the long-term assessment effort ......... 28 <br />Problems with Developing and <br />Implementing the Flow Recommendation <br />......... <br />W <br />t <br />? 29 <br />a <br />er storage on the descending limit of the hydrograph _ <br />Flow recommendations that differ from "natural" conditions 29 <br />29 <br />Concer <br />f <br />h <br />i <br />n <br />or ot <br />er <br />mportant habitats ............................... 30 <br />Development of Flow Recommendations <br />for the Re <br />i <br />i <br />M <br />h <br />ma <br />n <br />ng <br />ont <br />s .......................................... 31 <br />Summary ...... <br />................................................ 33