7388

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7388
• Author: Ohmart, R. D., B. W. Anderson and W. C. Hunter.
• Title: Ecology of the Lower Colorado River from Davis Dam to the Mexico-United States International Boundary
• USFW Year: 1988.
• USFW - Doc Type: A Community Profile.
• Copyright Material: NO

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8.2 TERRESTRIAL INVERTEBRATES ........................................ 92
8.3 SPECIES OF SPECIAL CONCERN ....................................... 96
CHAPTER 9. ICHTHYOFAUNAL COMMUNITIES ....................................: 97
9.1 DISTRIBUTIONS AND GENERAL HABITAT USE BY NATIVE SPECIES.......... 97
9.2 BIOLOGY OF NATIVE SPECIES OF SPECIAL INTEREST .................... 102
9.3 PRESENT ICHTHYOFAUNAL USE OF HABITATS ON THE ENTIRE LOWER RIVER.. 106
9.4 HABITAT RELATIONSHIPS ON THE ENTIRE LOWER RIVER AMONG INTRODUCED
SPECIES .......................................................... 111
9.5 INTERACTIONS AND FOOD OF PRESENT ICHTHYOFAUNA .................... 118
9.6 PARKER 11 AND YUMA DIVISION STUDIES .............................. 124
9.7 LISTED SPECIES AND SPECIES OF SPECIAL CONCERN .................... 139
CHAPTER 10. HERPETOFAUNAL COMMUNITIES .................................... 142
10.1 HABITAT USE ..................................................... 142
10.2 INTERRELATIONSHIPS AMONG THE HERPETOFAUNA AND THEIR HABITAT USE. 149
10.3 LISTED SPECIES AND SPECIES OF SPECIAL INTEREST .................. 151
CHAPTER 11. AVIAN COMMUNITIES ............................................ 152
11.1 COTTONWOOD-WILLOW ............................................... 152
11.2 HONEY MESQUITE .................................................. 154
11.3 HONEY MESQUITE-SALTCEDAR MIX .................................... 155
11.4 SCREWBEAN MESQUITE-SALTCEDAR MIX ................................ 155
11.5 ARROWWEED ....................................................... 156
11.6 SALTCEDAR ....................................................... 156
11.7 DESERT WASHES ................................................... 157
11.8 MARSHES., .................................. o ..... o .... o..o.o.... 157
11.9 OPEN WATER.... ........................................ o.o .... o.. 162
11.10 AGRICULTURAL AREAS ............................................. 162
11.11 LISTED SPECIES AND SPECIES OF SPECIAL CONCERN .................. 166
CHAPTER 12. MAMMAL COMMUNITIES ........................................... 170
12.1 AQUATIC HABITAT USE ............................................. 170
12.2 RIPARIAN HABITAT USE ............................................ 175
12.3 AGRICULTURAL HABITAT USE ........................................ 176
12.4 DESERT HABITAT USE., .................... o ....................... 177
12.5 RODENT COMMUNITIES .............................................. 178
12.6 MULE DEER .. .................................................... 192
12.7 BIGHORN SHEEP ................................................... 197
12.8 FERAL BURROS .................................................... 200
12.9 CARNIVORES.. •......... ...................................... 203
12.10 LISTED SPECIES AND SPECIES OF SPECIAL INTEREST ................. 207
CHAPTER 13. MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND RECOMMENDATIONS ..................... 210
13.1 RIVER MANAGEMENT ................................................ 210
13.2 AQUATIC RESTORATION ............................................. 217
13.3 POTENTIAL FOR REVEGETATION ...................................... 218
13.4 MANAGEMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR WILDLIFE .......................... 225
13.5 EDUCATION AND LEGISLATION ....................................... 226
13.6 PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE ........................................ 227
LITERATURE CITED .......................................................... 228
APPENDIX A. CLASSIFICATION OF WETLANDS AND DEEP-WATER HABITATS........... 244
A.1 WETLAND CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM .................................... 244
A.2 METHODS FOR CLASSIFICATION OF PALUSTRINE (RIPARIAN) HABITATS ON
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