9323

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9323
• Author: Cooper, D. J. and C. Severn.
• Title: Wetlands of the Ouray National Wildlife Refuge, Utah
• USFW Year: 1994.
• USFW - Doc Type: Hydrology, Water Chemistry, Vegetation, Invertebrate Communities, and Restoration Potential.
• Copyright Material: NO

interpreting graphs for the benthos that only one sample was
collected for each station at each sample period.
Overview of Invertebrate Sample Stations
18 invertebrate sample stations were established in June
(Figure 12), (Table 6). Communities represented are: 1) bulrush
(3 stations); 2) open water-aquatic (5 stations); 3) flooded
cottonwood (4 stations); 4) riverine backwater (2 stations); and
5) river (4 stations).
Table 6. Station number, community type, number of sample
periods, and comments for invertebrate stations sampled in 1993.

Station
Community Type Periods
Sampled
Comments
O1 open water 3 dry after 18 July
02 bulrush 5 dry after 25 August
03 bulrush 3 dry after 18 July
04 cottonwood 1 dry after 13 June
05 cottonwood 1 dry after 13 June
06 backwater 1 located near pump station
06 river 2
07 river 6
08 cottonwood 1 dry after 13 June
09 open water 6 Wyasket Lake
O10 open water 6 Wyasket Lake
O11 bulrush 3 dry after 18 July
012 cottonwood 1 dry after 13 June
013 river 6
014 open water 5 Woods Pool (Old Charlie)
015 open water 6 Woods Pool (Old Charlie)
016 backwater 3
016 river 4
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the dates of 13 June, 3 July, 18 July, 1 August, 25 August, and
26 September. Stations that went dry they were no longer
sampled.
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