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a) What changes or trends in the channel morphology occur following <br />Program implementation? <br />b) How do changes in channel morphology affect river stage? <br />3) Do program changes in river flow and land management affect the biological <br />quality and the sustainability of wet meadow feeding habitats. <br />a) How does river stage relate to depth to groundwater on adjacent meadows? <br />C. Isolation: Constituent Element of Designated Critical Habitat <br />1) Do changes in land -use patterns affect the availability and suitability of roost <br />habitat? <br />2) Do changes in land -use patterns affect the availability and suitability bottom land <br />feeding and loafing habitats? <br />D. Program Effects on Whooping Cranes (Species Response) <br />1) Do Program changes in land and river flow management affect the relative <br />frequency of whooping crane stopovers? <br />Do Program changes in land and river flow management affect the relative <br />distribution of whooping crane stopovers along the Platte River? <br />Do Program changes in land and river flow management affect the duration of <br />2) <br />3) <br />stopovers? <br />II. Interior Least Tern <br />A. Program Effects on Habitat <br />1) How does the Program affect the amount, quality (suitability) and distribution of <br />riverine least tern nesting habitat in the central Platte? <br />a) How do changes in land and river flow management affect the amount, <br />quality and distribution of wide, unobstructed channels? <br />b) How do changes in land and river flow management affect the amount, <br />availability and distribution of riverine sand bars for nesting? <br />C) How do changes in river flow management affect forage fish abundance, <br />species composition and resulting availability (i.e., size, shape and depth <br />of prey)? <br />2) What affect do Program changes in river flow management have on the <br />sustainability of riverine nesting habitat? <br />a) Is the river morphology and sandbar macroform nesting habitat sustainable <br />based on the available sediment supply? <br />(1) Is supply in dynamic equilibrium? <br />(2) What is the long -term effect of program water management on <br />availability, transport and deposition of sediment? <br />