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and distribution of whooping crane roosting habitat? <br />B. Bottom land feeding and loafing habitat: Constituent Element of Critical Habitat <br />1) Do program changes in river flow management affect the river discharge during <br />periods that are considered important to wet meadow hydrology? <br />2) How does Program flow management affect river flow /stage relationships, or the <br />sustainability thereof? <br />a) What changes or trends in the channel morphology (e.g., continuous active <br />channel width, wetted width, channel incision) occur following Program <br />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 />2) Do Program changes in land and river flow management affect the relative <br />distribution of whooping crane stopovers along the Platte River? <br />3) Do Program changes in land and river flow management affect the duration of <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, active channels? <br />b) How do changes in land and river flow management affect the amount, <br />