9363

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9363
• Author: Muth, R. T., L. W. Crist, K. E. LaGory, J. W. Hayse, K. R. Bestgen, J. K. Lyons, T. P. Ryan and R. A. Valdez.
• Title: Flow Recommendations for Endangered Fishes in the Green River Downstream of Flaming Gorge Dam.
• USFW Year: 1999.
• USFW - Doc Type: Lakewood.
• Copyright Material: NO

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Draft - Do Not Cite

May 1999

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3.13 Green River Water Temperatures During Base Flow at Five Locations in 1996 . . . . . . 3-36

3.14 Channel Planform Types in the Green River Downstream of Flaming

Gorge Dam ........................................................... 3-45

3.15 Relationship Between Backwater Habitat Area and Flow in Reach 2 and 3

of the Green River. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-50

3.16 Relationships Between Flow and Area of Floodplain Habitat Inundation in
Reaches 2 and 3 of the Green River ........................................ 3-57

4.1 Present Distribution of Adult Colorado Pikeminnow in the Green River System . . . . . 4-18

4,2 Conceptual Life-History Model of Colorado Pikeminnow Recruitment to
Various Developmental Stages, and Biotic or Abiotic Factors Controlling

Recruitment. . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22

4.3 Abundance of Juvenile and Adult Colorado Pikeminnow in the Green River
System, 1986-1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-41

4.4 Observed or Predicted Water Temperatures for the Regulated Green River in
Lower Browns Park, 1992 to 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-47

4.5 Locations of Known or Suspected Razorback Sucker Spawning Areas and the

Distribution During 1992-1996 of Larval Razorback Sucker Captures in the

Green River System ..............................,..................... 4-70

4.6 Estimated Annual Spawning Periods for Razorback Sucker and Associated
Mainstem Discharges and Temperatures in the Middle Green River, Utah and
Colorado, 1993-1996 ................................................... 4-73

4.7 Estimated Annual Spawning Periods for Razorback Sucker and Associated
Mainstem Discharges and Temperatures in the Lower Green River, Utah,

1993-1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-74

4.8 Relationships Each Year in 1993 Through 1996 Among April-July Regulated
and Unregulated Flows in the Green River at Jensen, Utah, Estimated Earliest
Date of Razorback Sucker Spawning, and Temporal Distribution of Larval
Razorback Sucker Captures in the Middle Green River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-88

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