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Wet Meadow #8a: Higher river stage in February- <br />March supports earlier wet meadow thaw <br />L <br />.?r <br />3 High <br />L <br />? <br />? <br />? ? <br />? M <br />O r- <br />N 2 <br />cu <br />O ? <br />O >+ <br />O .? <br />M y <br />C -C <br />3 CL <br />? U <br />? C <br />cn ? <br />? O <br />? +--o cc <br />C A <br />cc O <br />E cn <br />? N <br />O ?? <br />-0 cc <br />O ? <br />C <br />O <br />I-a Low <br />0 <br />12- <br />Mean river stage in February-March <br />Under at least normal-to-high river flow conditions, a river stage increase of <br />0.5 feet immediately preceding and during spring thaw (relative to no stage <br />increase) will support measurably higher water tables in adjacent wet <br />meadows (thereby accelerating ground thawing and macroinvertebrate <br />productivity for WC, see Graph #8). <br />Low High