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,CJ'i \; \.~v 5 GCMRC SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES The FY's 2005-2006 Work Plan describes monitoring and research activities that address the management objectives (MOs) and information needs (INS)3 of the GCDAMP, Long-term monitoring is designed to determine changes in resource attributes, Research is used to improve monitoring, interpret and explain trends observed from monitoring to determine cause-and-effect relationships and research associations, and to better define interrelationships among physical, biological and social processes, Monitoring and research efforts have been defined in the 12114/0 I draft Information Needs document as: A) Core Monitoring Information Need (CMIN): Core monitoring is consistent, long-term, repeated measurements using set protocols and is designed to establish status and trends in meeting specific management objectives, Core monitoring is implemented on a fixed schedule regardless of variable factors or circumstances (e,g" water year, experimental flows, temperature control, stocking strategy, non- native control, etc,) affecting target resources. B) Effects Monitoring Information Need (EIN): Effects monitoring is the collection of data associated with an experiment performed under the Record of Decision, unanticipated event, or other management action, Changes in resource conditions measured by effects monitoring generally will be short-term responses. The purpose of effects monitoring is to supplement the fixed schedule and variables collected under core monitoring, This will both increase the understanding of the resource status and trends and provide a research opportunity to discover the effects of the experiment or management action. C) Research Information Need (RIN): Research can be descriotive or exoerimentaL When descriptive it describes relationships in the Colorado River ecosystem (e,g" describe trophic interactions in the aquatic ecosystem), When experimental it tests specific hypotheses for determining and understanding cause-and-effect relationships between dam operations, or other driving variables, and resource responses (e,g" how is the abundance and composition of benthic invertebrates affected by grazers, predators and dam operations?), Research requires a purposeful design with established statistical criteria, including allowable errors for accepting and rejecting null hypotheses, Research may also result in the collection of data that can be used to help determine or refine Core Monitoring Information Needs, 3 Tbe MOs and the IN's are currently undergoing revision, This Work Plan references the draft revised MOs, Tbe INs are being revised and they are not included in this document. See the following section for a description of the revision process and see Appendix One for the AMWG vision and mission, principles, and the current MOs, GCMRC FY2005-2006 Draft Annual Work Plan (November 10, 2003)