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TABLE OF CONTENTS <br />Abstract and Keywords <br />Preface and Acknowledgments <br />List of Tables <br />List of Figures <br />1. Introduction ............................. ..............................1 <br />Handbookgoals ...................... ..............................2 <br />Handbook audience 2 <br />Handbook organization ................ ............................... 3 <br />References and suggestions for further reading ............................. 4 <br />2. A Conceptual Framework .................. ............................... 5 <br />Flow.......... ..............................5 <br />Resourceconditions ................... ............................... 5 <br />Resourceoutputs ..................... ............................... 5 <br />Trade -offs and negotiation .............. ............................... 6 <br />References and suggestions for further reading ............................. 7 <br />3. Designing an instream flow study ........... ............................... 9 <br />1. Define study purpose and objectives ... ............................... 9 <br />2. Describe the resource .............. ............................... 10 <br />3. Define recreation opportunities and qualities ........................... 10 <br />4. Describe hydrology ............... ............................... 12 <br />5. Describe flow - condition relationships .. ............................... 13 <br />6. Evaluate flow needs for for specific opportunities ....................... 14 <br />7. Integrate flow needs for various opportunities .......................... 15 <br />8. Develop strategies to protect /obtain flows ............................. 15 <br />References and suggestions for further reading ............................ 16 <br />4. Exploring the Effects of Flow on Resource Conditions .......................... 17 <br />Hydrology......................... ............................... 17 <br />Measuring streamflow in the field ....... ............................... 19 <br />Hydraulic geometry ................. ............................... 20 <br />Hydraulic geometry, recreation values, and the Manning equation ................ 21 <br />Landscape position and river classification ............................... 22 <br />Classifying river channels ............. ............................... 23 <br />Fluvial /Geomorphic processes ......... ............................... 24 <br />How river environments respond to changes in flow .......................... 25 <br />Riparian vegetation .................. ............................... 28 <br />A final comment on exploring flows and resource conditions ................. 29 <br />References and suggestions for further reading .............. ............ 30 <br />5. Evaluating Flows or Resource Conditions ..... ............................... 33 <br />Historical use method ................ ............................... 33 <br />Professional judgment methods ......... ............................... 34 <br />