7112

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7112
• Author: Minckley, C. O.
• Title: Fishes of Arizona.
• USFW Year: 1973.
• USFW - Doc Type: Arizona State University,
• Copyright Material: YES

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flowed from small laterals, a meter (m)1 or less across or deep, to major water-
marshes ways that may be many meters wide, deep, and with -swift currents.
or large Again, operational problems exist insofar as fishes are concerned, such
it cannot as periodic drying for repair or cleaning, application of herbicides to
ty fishes control aquatic vegetation, or dredging operations, and populations are
~sentially rarely large under present conditions. Little research has been done on
!most all the ecology of these habitats, but they do allow fishes and other aquatic
lilted in organisms to live in many parts of Arizona that would otherwise be
~. A few devoid of such life. With increasing pressure of human populations on
provide recreational waters of the state, I expect modifications of canals and
other such water-transport systems soon to include extensive planning
t of the for fisheries development.
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Figure 5. Lower Sabino Creek, Pima County, Arizona; a cienega-like pool at the lower
end of the flowing portion of the stream.
tConversion factors for various metric units of measurements to inches,
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