7086

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7086
• Author: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
• Title: Indexed, Annotated Bibliography of the Endangered and Threatened Fishes of the Upper Colorado River System.
• USFW Year: 1977.
• USFW - Doc Type: Denver, Co.
• Copyright Material: YES

IMPOUNDMENTS - artificial construction utilized to collect and store
water for irrigation.
INVERTEBRATES - any of various organisms lacking a backbone; used
as indicators of environmental quality and often utilized
as food by fish.
IRRIGATION - agricultural technique in supplying water for crop pro-
duction and the effects of return flows on the environment.
KEYS - a systematic text for the separation and identification of
fish species.
LIFE HISTORY - pertaining to the stages and phases an organism passes
through.
LIMNOLOGY - pertaining to the physical and chemical and biological
qualities of freshwater.
MANAGEMENT - pertaining to the practices related to the control and
maintenance of fisheries.
MIGRATION - movements from or to a specific area related to spawning.
MINING - the process of extracting areas, as they pertain to alteration
of natural habitat.
MOVEMENTS - a change of position within a defined area.
PALAEOICHTHYOLOGY - PALAEOICHTHY. - the study of ancient fish fossils;
pertaining to ancient distribution of fish.
PHYSIOLOGY - pertaining to the processes and mechanics by which an
organism functions.
PLANKTON - papers dealing with microscopic plants and animals found
in water, often utilized for food.
POLLUTION - contamination of the natural habitat, usually man induced.
POPULATION - a group of interacting individuals o~ the same species
in a common spatial arrangement.
POWER - pertaining to energy generations and its effect on habitat.
PRODUCTIVITY - the capacity of an environment to produce plant and
animal life.
PROPAGATION - to increase in numbers by artificial means.
REPRODUCTION -
RESEARCH - pertaining to the systematic investigation of fish.
SALINITY - pertaining to pollution related to high salt concentration.
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