8182

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 8182
• Author: Bestgen, K. R. and L. W. Crist.
• Title: Response of the Green River Fish Community to Construction and Re-regulation of Flaming Gorge Dam. 1962-1996\
• USFW Year: 2000.
• Copyright Material: NO

LIST OF FIGURES
Page
Figure 1. The Green River study area ..................................................................................57
Figure 2. Pre-dam (1951-1962), post-dam (1967-1991), and re-regulated (1992-1996)
hydrologic regimes ................................................................................................58
Figure 3. Temperature regimes of the Green River downstream of Flaming Gorge Dam in
four time periods ...................................................................................................59
Figure 4. Variation in peak annual discharge (mean daily) for the Green River near present-
day Flaming Gorge Dam in pre- and post-dam periods .........................................60
Figure 5. Longitudinal distribution and abundance of fishes in the Green River
downstream of Flaming Gorge Dam ......................................................................61
Figure 6. Length-frequency histograms for brown trout from four reaches of the Green
..................................................... 62
River, Lodore Canyon, 1994-1996 ...................
Figure 7. Length-frequency histograms for white sucker from four reaches of the Green
River, Lodore Canyon, 1994-1996 ........................................................................63
Figure 8. Length-frequency histograms for bluehead sucker from four reaches of the
Green River, Lodore Canyon, 1994-1996 .............................................................64
Figure 9. Length-frequency histograms for flannelmouth sucker from four reaches of the
Green River, Lodore Canyon, 1994-1996 ..............................................................65
Figure 10. Length-frequency histogram for Colorado pikeminnow captured from the Green
River, Lodore Canyon, 1994-1996 ........................................................................66
Figure 11. Predicted weight of Colorado pikeminnow captured from the Green River (RK
586.9 to 555), Lodore Canyon, 1994-1996 from alength-weight relationship.....67
Figure 12. Comparison of water temperatures predicted by an empirical regression model
with observed temperatures for the regulated Green River, lower Browns Park,
1992 .......................................................................................................................68
Figure 13. Comparison of water temperatures predicted by an empirical regression model
with observed temperatures for the regulated Green River, lower Browns Park,
1993 .......................................................................................................................69
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