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 9. Comparison between observed and predicted suspended sediment loads for pre- and post-
peak phases of the annual hydrograph, Colorado River near Cameo.
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Figure 10. Comparison between observed and predicted suspended sediment loads for pre- and
post-peak phases of the annual hydrograph, Colorado River near Colorado-Utah State Line.
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