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<br />SENr BY: <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />1-12-96 3:14~ <br /> <br />UTAH WILDLIFE RES. ~ <br /> <br />303-236-0027;# 5112 <br /> <br />providGd by ~atio maorophyte. will otfBQt lO&Ben of native Bpeolea due <br />to prgd~tion. Sgcond, it nonnative KpBcieB do u~11i~Q tbeee habitat~, <br />wQ ~UHt aQ~ertaLn wbather the Additional 'llttor~l-likQ' ~bitat8 will <br />actually raault in An overall inore8ee in the nO~~dtlve fish community <br />In the QYBt.ulO. because of enhanced spllwnlnq, growth df'Id/oJ: :l5urvivorabip. <br /> <br />Coal: <br /> <br />To ..v..lu..t.. the "Qypooee of the Upper COlor..do IUver b....i... aquati", <br />oystem AttQr 19v~ reROval (.nd consequont reconnect ion of floodplain <br />wetlands to main chAnnel fl~), particularly thQ r..apooes of the <br />QodAng-ooroo fioh. razorback RUCker and colorado "'lU""'Heh- <br /> <br />Obj"ctivee: <br /> <br />N~~~v~ ff8h pvalv~~iqD <br /> <br />Objective 1. Determine if n..tive fieh otili~ the river channel, <br />t9rraC9S, Lnd deprGG8icn h~bitate different~y after levee removal <br />(1.&4 - USFWS, Vernal). <br /> <br />Objective 2. Determ!n9 if flOOdplAin habitats result in an incrQaa~ <br />in available babitat tor natLvQ fishes atter levee removal (lQad _ <br />UBFWS, Vsrnal). <br /> <br />N9nnl!!tiv~ fish eV';,lna+:lnn <br /> <br />Objective 3. DQt.rmin. if nQnnati~e tlsh pr.dators utllizQ the ri~er <br />ch~nOQl. terra~QQ. and dep:s~8ion habi~at~ d1ttGrQn~ly af~ar l~vee <br />rQrnOval (lead - UDWR). <br /> <br />OIJjQctive 4. I>etBrmine if the intB>:Action b<otween nonnatiVe fish <br />predator ~Be and floodplain g&emorphol09Y (depression vs. terrace) <br />will rQoult in diffetAntlal 8~rvivor5hip of nODr.ativQ figheu att&r <br />lQVQQ r9maval (lead - UPWR). <br /> <br />Obje<:tive 5. <br />dynamic.l!!l with <br />UllWR) . <br /> <br />Dstorm1ns if .terraces and dspreaaionB exhibit different <br />respect to fish communities aft4r IBvue removal (lead _ <br /> <br />FiAh foort orcranl~m and w~ter oua11tv evaluation <br /> <br />Objective 6. DetQrmine if floodplain habitBt8 ~~ult in an increase <br />in food resources available for native tiohQg after levee remo~al <br />(1..&11 - USU) <br /> <br />Obj .eti..... 7. I>etermine if tarrAcs. And <1epre"aions exhibit different <br />dynamice with regpect to food resources (lead - USU). <br /> <br />RiD~ri9n rosnonBAR Bnd eCfaC~8 <br /> <br />Objective 8. To understand v~ggtAtlon ~e8ponDGSr GucoQ~sion, eta. in <br />fl~ed bQttomlan~s tollowing lavae xamoval (lead - USU}. <br /> <br />" <br />