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Utah State University was responsible for handling the geomorphic analyses which are presented <br />in Report A. Utah Division of Wildlife employees from the Vernal, Utah, office focused on both <br />the physical and biological characterization of Gila spp. and pikeminnow-nursery habitats <br />(Report B). Personnel from the Moab Field Station conducted the monitoring /pikeminnow <br />spawning investigation trip amiually (Report C). Several of the objectives (particularly within <br />the suite of biological objectives) were handled by more than one research team and are <br />addressed in more than one final report. In Table 1, the project objectives are listed and reader is <br />directed to the pertinent final. report(s). <br />Table 1. Study objectives for Flaming Gorge Project No. 39. Reports are referenced as follows: <br />A- Orchard and Schmidt 1998; B -Day et al. 1999; and C -Chart and Lentsch 1998. <br />Objectives: Geomorphic Component Addressed in: <br />Construct maps of surface flow patterns of several reaches identifying and delineating A <br />hydraulic habitat units and quantifying flow characteristics. <br />Construct maps of geologic deposits and vegetation status at water's edge so associations A <br />can be made between flow patterns and shoreline type <br />Quantify spatial and temporal changes in Gila spp. habitats under various discharges A(eddies); B <br /> (nursery habitats) <br />Compare results with similar research in the Grand Canyon to determine difference in. Cursorily addressed <br />habitat use by the chubs and maintenance of those habitats in A <br />Objectives: Biologic Component <br />Determine timing of Grla spp. reproduction in Deso/Gray and how it is affected by Green B,C <br />River flows. <br />Determine reproductive success, growth rates, and habitat use of the early life stages of B,C <br />Gila spp. as affected by Green River flows <br />Continue PIT tagging al] juvenile and adult Gila spp. and develop age and growth C <br />analysis to determine Gila spp. recruitment rates and year class strength as affected by <br />Green River flows <br />Determine if pikeminnow spawning occurs at locations other than the documented Three C <br />Fords site (Tyus 1983). <br />Accumulate sufficient biological and geomorphic information in Deso/Gray pikeminnow B <br />nursery habitats to allow for comparison with the ongoing Nursery Habitat study being <br />conducted on the upper and lower Green River. <br />Monitor trends in the non-target fish community (e.g. decline in abundance of native C <br />catostomids and increasing non-native channel catftsh) that are affected by Green River <br />hydrology. <br />a <br />~<.3 <br />1V <br />