Laserfiche WebLink
<br />TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) <br /> <br />HABITAT AREA AS A FUNCTION OF DISCHARGE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 <br />Change in Area of Meso habitats ............................................ 22 <br /> <br />General ............................................................ 22 <br />Flooded Gravel Pits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 <br /> <br />Backwaters ......................................................... 22 <br />Eddies ............................................................. 24 <br />Pools .............................................................. 26 <br />SlowRuns ...................................... ... ..... ... " . .. ....26 <br />Fast Runs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 <br />Riftles ............................................................. 26 <br />Rapids ............................................................. 26 <br />Change in Habitat Composition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 <br /> <br />SUMMER AND WINTER FLOW NEEDS ......................................28 <br /> <br />Habitat Area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 <br />Summer Habitat Use and Availability ..................................... 28 <br />Summer Habitat Preference .............................................28 <br />Ranking Flow Levels by Weighted Area of Preferred Summer Habitats . . . . . . . . . . . 33 <br />Winter Habitat Use and Availability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 <br />Winter Habitat Preference ...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 <br />Ranking Flow Levels by Weighted Area of Preferred Winter Habitats ............ 35 <br /> <br />Habitat Depth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 <br />Minimum Flows for Providing Suitable Depth .............................. 31 <br /> <br />Eddy Transect ................... . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 39 <br />Pool Transect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 <br />Backwater Transects .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 <br />Roo Transects .............................................. 42 <br />Summlll)' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 <br />Depth in Relation to The Summer-Winter Flow Recommendations .............. 43 <br />Habitat Heterogeneity ..................................................... 46 <br />Final Considerations for Summer and Winter Flow Recommendations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 <br /> <br />SPRING FLOW NEEDS .................................................... 49 <br /> <br />Backgroood ............................................................ 49 <br />Stream Bed Monitoring ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 <br />Stream Bed Movement in Relation to Flows ................................... 50 <br /> <br />Eddy .............................................................. 51 <br />Pool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 <br />Backwater .......................................................... 51 <br />Isolated Backwater Pool ...............................................51 <br /> <br />Channel ............................................................ 51 <br />Other Geomorphology Studies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 <br />Revisiting the earlierJuly Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 <br />Recommendations for Spring Flows ......................................... 58 <br /> <br />SUMMARY OF YEAR-ROUND RECOMMENDATIONS ......................... 65 <br /> <br />ii <br />