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~ } <br />arranged from lowest to highest flow for each month, but this does not <br />necessarily mean that each line represents the flow pattern for one year of <br />the study. By necessity, the lowest winter flows will probably occur with the <br />highest spring flows and conversely the highest winter flows will probably <br />occur with the lowest spring flows. <br />In general, the test flows for all months apply to all the hypotheses. <br />However, certain hypotheses are oriented toward more specific flows and time <br />periods. Hypotheses 1, 2, 3, 8, and 9 are specifically oriented toward spring <br />flows, but year-around flows also apply. The remaining hypotheses are <br />directed toward flows that occur throughout the year--naturally spring flows <br />are important here as well. Hypotheses 1, 2, 3, 7, and 10 are oriented <br />towards flows in the Colorado River, but Gunnison River flows are an important <br />component. Hypotheses 4, 5, and 6 are oriented toward flows in the Gunnison <br />River, and flows in both rivers are equally important to hypotheses 8 and 9. <br />For these reasons, it is important that the full range of requested flows <br />occur during the five years of the study. <br />The hypotheses to be tested are arranged in groups that are closely <br />related to each other and that could be tested with similar or the same <br />studies. However, all of the hypotheses are related to some degree and all <br />studies should be closely coordinated to eliminate redundancy and to ensure <br />maximum information gain during the study period. The suggested methods <br />provide guidelines for researcher's proposals. However, researchers are <br />encouraged to expand upon these ideas where appropriate. It is very possible <br />that additional (or more specific) hypotheses will evolve during the course of <br />the studies. It will be very important to incorporate the additional <br />questions into the study as soon as possible. <br />33 <br />