7843

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7843
• Author: Stalnaker, C. B., et al.
• Title: The Instream Flow Incremental Methodology, A Primer for IFIM.
• USFW Year: 1995.
• USFW - Doc Type: Biological Report 29,
• Copyright Material: NO

Contents

Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Chapter 1. The History of Instream Flow Problems and IFIM
Minimum Flow Standards Provide Minimal Protection . .
Impact Analyses Lead to Increased Resource Protection .
Water Budgets Establish Fisheries as a Legitimate Management Purpose
Multiple Use Implies Interdisciplinary Analyses.
Development oflFIM .................
Extending IFIM Into the Future ...........
Chapter 2. Choosing the Appropriate Assessment Tools
A Dichotomy of Techniques .
Standard-Setting Techniques
Hydrologic Records . . . .
The Tennant Method . . .
Mid-Range Techniques: A Little More Than Basic Standard-Setting But Not Quite
Incrementalism . . . . . .
Modified Tennant Approach . . . . . . . . . .
Wetted Perimeter Technique. . . . . . . . . .
Multiple Attribute Standard-Setting Methods.
Incremental Techniques . . . . . . . . . . .
Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 3. Ecological Underpinnings of IFIM .
Longitudinal Succession
Habitat Segregation . .
Reproductive Success
Energetics . . . . . .
Habitat Bottlenecks .
Conclusion . . . . . . .
Chapter 4. Philosophical Underpinnings of IFIM
Axioms . . . . .
Approach . . . . . .
Flow Regime . . .
Habitat Structure
Water Quality . .
Food Energy Source .
Biotic Interactions . .
Stream Habitat as an Integrator of Man's Influence on Stream Systems
Chapter 5. The Application of.IFIM
Problem Identification .
Study Planning. . . . .
Study Implementation .
PHABSIM . . . . .
Alternatives Analysis .

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