9434

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9434
• Author: Chart, T. E., K. L. Orchard, J. C. Schmidt, K. S. Day, K. D. Christopherson, C. Crosby and L. Lynch.
• Title: Flaming Gorge Studies
• USFW Year: 2000.
• USFW - Doc Type: Reproduction and Recruitment of Gila Spp. and Colorado Pikeminnow in the Middle Green River.
• Copyright Material: NO

LIST OF FIGURES (continued)
Figure 13. Photograph taken in 1922 by Ralph Wooley (a), and match taken in
September, 8 1996 (b),showing an upstream view of Desolation
Canyon near McPherson's Ranch, Rkm 257 ........... ............. A-43
Figure 14. Photograph showing the modern floodplain and the cottonwood terrace,
and a schematic drawing of typical geomorphic surfaces ,found in
Desolation Canyon ............................................. A-44
Figure 15. Air photographs of Dripping Springs Island near river kilometer 292
taken in 1936, 1963, and 1993, showing an increase in riparian
vegetation and the establishment of a cottonwood terrace .............. A-45
Figure 16. Air photographs of 2 small islands near Joe Hutch Canyon Rkm (259)
taken in 1936, 1963, and 1993, showing increased vegetation anal the
establishment of a floodplain and terrace surface ..................... A-46
Figure 17. Plot showing a decrease in peak annual floods due to climate change
and the closure of Flaming Gorge Dam ............................. A-47
Figure 18. Plot showing the area of eddies measured in the 4 study reaches,. at a
wide range of discharges ..... ................................. A-48
Figure 19. Plot showing the frequency of eddies which fall into specific size
cusses, and the percentage of the total area oflow-velocity habitat
produced by eddies within that class ............................... A-49
Figure 20. Plot showing the complexity of shorelines in the 4 study reaches at a
wide range of discharges, using a habitat complexity index ............. A-50
Figure 21. Plots showing the relative distributions of different substrates inundated
along shorelines in the 4 study reaches at a wide range of discharges ..... A-51
Figure 22. Plots showing the distribution of different substrates and vegetation.
along shorelines in the 4 study reaches at a wide range of discharges ... A-52
Figure 23. Plot showing the average distribution of substrates and vegetation
inundated along shorelines at a wide range of discharges, and the results
of an analysis of variance comparing the length of shorelines containing
a specific substrate with discharge ................................. A-53
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