8274

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 8274
• Author: Pitlick, J. and R. Cress.
• Title: Longitudinal Trends in Channel Characteristics of the Colorado River and Implications for Food-Web Dynamics.
• USFW Year: 2000.
• USFW - Doc Type: Recovery Implementation Program Project 48-C,
• Copyright Material: NO

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Figure 6. Relations between discharge and suspended sediment load, Colorado River near
Cameo (USGS station 9095500). Closed circles indicate samples taken in the early 1950s,
open circles indicate samples taken since 1983. Data from Ioms, et al. (1964) and USGS
Reports of Water Resources in Colorado (published annually).
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Figure 7. Relations between discharge and suspended sediment load, Colorado River near
Colorado-Utah State Line (USGS station 9163500). Data from USGS Reports of Water
Resources in Colorado (published annually).
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