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0 <br />v <br />TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) <br />0 <br />0 <br /> <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br /> Page <br />New Forms . 68 <br />Taxonomic Groups . . 68 <br />Functional Group Dynamics . . . . . . 69 <br />Yampa River . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 <br />Green River . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 <br />FACTORS RELATED TO RATES OF GROSS PRIMARY PRODUCTION . 76 <br />Yampa River 77 <br />Green River 77 <br />DISCUSSION . . 79 <br />Production/Respiration Ratios . 79 <br />Assimilation Ratios . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 <br />Suspended Organic Matter . . . . . . . . . 87 <br />Chemical Oxygen Demand . 89 <br /> <br />Aquatic Macroinvertebrates <br />. 89 <br />Factors Related to Gross Primary Production . . . 93 <br />CONCLUSIONS . 97 <br />Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Ecosystem Parameters. 97 <br />Yampa River's Influence on Green River Ecosystems . 99 <br />Applications of the River Continuum Theory 100 <br />Implications of Yampa River Development 101 <br />SUMMARY 105 <br />LITERATURE CITED . 109 <br />APPENDICES 115 <br />Appendix A. Data Obtained from Primary Production <br />Investigations 116 <br />Appendix B. Concentration of Organic Materials. 122 <br />Appendix C. Abundance of Benthic Invertebrates at <br />Yampa and Green River Sites From March <br />to October, 1979 125 <br />0