WSP01154

• File Number: 8062
• Description: Federal Reserved Water Rights
• State: CO
• Basin: Statewide
• Date: 3/1/1995
• Author: USDOC
• Title: Instream Flow Incremental Methodology - A Primer for IFIM
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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Preface.
Chapter I. The History of Instream Flow Problems and IFIM
Minimum Flow Standards Provide Minimal Protection
Impact Analyses Lead to Increased Resource Protection
Water Budgets Establish Fisheries as a Legitimate Management Purpose
Multiple Use Implies Interdisciplinary Analyses.
Development of IFIM
Extending IFIM Into the Future
Chapter 2. Choosing the Appropriate Assessment Tools
A Dichotomy of Techniques
Standard.Setting Techniques
Hydrologic Records , ' ,
The Tennant Method
Mid.Range Techniques: A Little More Than Basic Standard-Setting But Not Quite
Incrementalism .
Modified Tennant Approach , , , , '
Wetted Perimeter Technique , ,
Multiple Attribute Standard.Setting Methods.
Incremental Techniques . . ... . .
Conclusion .....
Chapter 3. Ecological Underpinnings of IFIM
Longitudinal Succession
Habitat Segregation , ,
Reproducti,'e Success
Energetics ' , , _ ,
Habitat Bottlenecks ,
Conclusion , '
Chapter 4. Philosophical Underpinnings of IFlM
Axioms .
Approach
Flow Regime ,
Habitat Structure
Water QualIty
Food Energy Source
Biotic Interactions.
Stream Habitat as an Integrator of Man's Influence on Stream Systems
Chapter 5, The Applica lion of I FIM
Problem Identification
Study Planning
Study Implementation
PHABSIM ,
Alternatives Analysis

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