9389

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9389
• Author: Birchell, G. J., K. Chrisopherson, C. Crosby, T. Crowl, J. Gourley, M. Townsend, S. Goeking, T. Modde, M. Fuller and P. Nelson.
• Title: The Levee Removal Project
• USFW Year: 2002.
• USFW - Doc Type: Assessment of Floodplain Habitat Restoration in the Middle Green River.
• Copyright Material: NO

Water Transport ..........................................6.7
Particulate Organic Matter Transport .......................... 6.7
Zooplankton Transport .....................................6.7
Importance of Restored Floodplains to the Riverine Food Web ...... 6.8
CONCLUSIONS ................................................ 6.9
RECOMMENDATIONS .......................................... 6.9
LITERATURE CITED ...........................................6.10
FIGURES ......................:.............................6.12
CHAPTER 7 -RIPARIAN VEGETATION .................................. 7.1
INTRODUCTION ................................ ............... 7.2
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES ........................ ............... 7.2
METHODS ..................................... ...............7.4
Development of a Base Vegetation Map ......... ............... 7.4
Vegetation Monitoring in Recently Excavated Sites ............... 7.5
Vegetation Abundances at Different Spatial Scales ............... 7.5
Site Characteristics Influencing Distribution of Perennial Pepperweed . 7.5
RESULTS ..................................... ...............7.6
Development of a Base Vegetation Map ......... ............... 7.6
Vegetation Monitoring in Recently Excavated Sites ............... 7.6
Vegetation Abundances at Different Spatial Scales ............... 7.7
Site Characteristics Influencing Distribution of Perennial Pepperweed . 7.7
DISCUSSION ................................... ...............7.8
CONCLUSIONS ................................. ............... 7.9
RECOMMENDATIONS ........................... .............. 7.10
LITERATURE CITED ............................. ..............7.11
TABLES ....................................... ..............7.13
FIGURES ...................................... ............. .7.21
CHAPTER 8 -NATIVE FISHES ......................................... 8.1
INTRODUCTION .............................................. . 8.2
METHODS ................................................... .8.3
Floodplain Collections ..................................... . 8.3
River Collections ......................................... . 8.5
Net Efficiency Comparison ................................. . 8.6
Analysis ................................................ .8.7
RESULTS ................................................... .8.8
Flows .................................................. .8.8
Floodplain Collections ..................................... . 8.8
Riverine collections ....................................... . 8.9
Seasonal Use of Foodplain habitat ........................... 8.10
Gear Efficiency .......................................... 8.11
Stomach analysis ........................................ 8.12
DISCUSSION ................................................. 8.12
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