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(1) Is supply in dynamic equilibrium? <br />(2) . What is the long -term effect of program water management on <br />availability and transport of sediment? <br />b) How does discharge affect riparian vegetation encroachment? <br />(1) What flow regime maximizes numbers and area of bare substrate? <br />(2 Can EA releases contribute effectively to maintenance of bare <br />substrate? <br />(3) Do measurements of discharge, sediment, vegetation and channel <br />morphology support the sediment/vegetation model? <br />c) How do land management practices affect sustainability of riverine piping <br />plover habitat? <br />(1) What are the short- and long -term effects of channel widening on <br />channel morphology (on site and downstream)? <br />(2) What are the short- and long -term effects of mechanical island <br />leveling on channel morphology (on site and downstream)? <br />(3) How does tree/brush removal affect short and long -term quantity <br />and distribution of piping plover nesting habitat? <br />B. Program Effects on Piping Plovers (Species Response) <br />1) Do program changes in land and river flow management affect the number and the <br />distribution of breeding birds. <br />2) Do program changes in land and river flow management affect the reproductive <br />rate of breeding birds. <br />IV. Pallid Sturgeon <br />A. Program Effects on Pallid Sturgeon Habitat <br />1) How does Program water management affect pallid sturgeon habitat in the lower <br />Platte River? <br />a) What amount of discharge and sediment load in the lower Platte River is <br />derived from the central Platte and other sources? <br />b) How does flow and sediment load control quantity and quality of pallid <br />sturgeon habitat in the lower Platte? <br />(1) What are the habitat requirements of different life stages of the <br />pallid sturgeon? <br />(2) What are the reproductive habitat requirements of the pallid <br />sturgeon? <br />