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'''Food Base''' [http://www.gcmrc.gov/research_areas/food_base/food_base_default.aspx USGS- GCMRC Definition]The Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam has been altered by dam-induced modifications to the river’s flow, temperature, and sediment supply. Nonnative species have also changed the natural system. Nonnative fish are thought to prey on and compete with native fish, including the endangered humpback chub (Gila cypha). These impacts have likely changed both the amount and sources of energy that fuel the aquatic food web and the flows of energy within the food web. Installation of the dam created a relatively clear, cool aquatic environment below the dam that now allows aquatic plants to capture the sun’s energy, and they in turn are now consumed by a few species, including scuds (Gammarus lacustris), midges (Family: Chironomidae), blackflies (Simulium arcticum), and New Zealand mudsnails (Potamopyrgus antipodarum). The first three species can provide food for both native and nonnative fishes, but fish cannot digest the New Zealand mudsnail.
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=='''Aquatic Food Base monitoring below Glen Canyon Dam and into Grand Canyon'''==
  
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Aquatic insects live in the water as larvae most of their lives, then emerge onto land for a brief period as winged adults. Sampling these emerged adults on land is therefore a useful tool for understanding the condition of the aquatic insect population that is in the water, particularly in large rivers where sampling the larvae on the river bed is impractical. Aquatic insects have a terrestrial, winged adult life stage in which they leave the water and fly onto land in order to find a mate and reproduce. [https://www.usgs.gov/centers/sbsc/science/aquatic-insects?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects]
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==[http://gcdamp.com/index.php?title=Long-term_Experimental_and_Management_Plan_(LTEMP) '''LTEMP Resource Goal for the Aquatic Food Base''']==
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No resource goal was identified for the aquatic food base. It was deemed more as "a means to an end" with regard to meeting goals for humpback chub, other native fish, and the rainbow trout fishery.
  
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==[[Portal:Desired Future Conditions -DFCs| '''Desired Future Condition for the Aquatic Food Base''']]==
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The aquatic food base will sustainably support viable populations of desired species at all trophic levels. Assure that an adequate, diverse, productive aquatic foodbase exists for fish and other aquatic and terrestrial species that depend on those food resources.<br>
  
 
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[[File:NutrientsDrift.PNG|thumb|center|500px|Variable phosphorus release from Glen Canyon Dam controls tailwater food webs https://www.usbr.gov/uc/progact/amp/twg/2022-01-13-twg-meeting/20220113-AnnualReportingMeeting-pHRegulatesPhosphorusCyclingColoradoRiver-508-UCRO.pdf ]]
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[[File:Cross 2016.JPG|thumb|center|500px|[https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2013/3039/fs2013-3039.pdf Native and Nonnative Fish Populations of the Colorado River are Food Limited—Evidence from New Food Web Analyses] ]]
  
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*[http://gcdamp.com/index.php?title=Portal:GCDAMP_Knowlege_Assessments GCMRC Annual Reports page]
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*[http://gcdamp.com/index.php?title=Aquatic_Macroinvertebrates Aquatic Macroinvertebrates in Glen and Grand Canyons wiki page]
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*[http://gcdamp.com/index.php?title=FISHERY Lees Ferry Rainbow Trout Fishery wiki page]
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*[http://www.gcmrc.gov/research_areas/food_base/food_base_default.aspx GCMRC Aquatic Food Base Lab]
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*[http://www.usu.edu/buglab/ USU Buglab]
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*[http://extension.usu.edu/waterquality/macrokey/ USU Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Key]
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*[http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/35772.html Freshwater Macroinvertebrates of NY]
  
 
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[https://www.gcmrc.gov/research_areas/food_base/primary_production.aspx Measuring Primary Production in the Lees Ferry Reach]
  
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[http://gcdamp.com/index.php?title=The_Bugflow_Experiment The BugFlow Experiment]  
  
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[https://www.gcmrc.gov/research_areas/food_base/citizen_science_monitoring.aspx Citizen Science Insect Monitoring]
  
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Downstream Recovery of the Foodbase Community in Several Colorado River Tailwaters
  
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*[http://gcdamp.com/index.php?title=Foodbase_PEP 2004 Foodbase PEP]
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*[http://gcdamp.com/index.php?title=Foodbase_PEP 2001 Foodbase PEP]
  
 
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*[https://www.usbr.gov/uc/progact/amp/twg/2024-01-25-twg-meeting/20240125-AnnualReportingMeeting-ProjectFUpdateLeadDecompositionBatMonitoringAquaticInsects-508-UCRO.pdf Project F update: Lead decomposition, bat monitoring, aquatic insects ]
  
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'''2023'''
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*'''[http://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/twg/mtgs/16jan26/documents/AR16_Muehlbauer.pdf Food availability in the Little Colorado River over space and time]'''
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*[https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2022-0229 Hansen et al., 2023, Linking ecosystem processes to consumer growth rates—Gross primary productivity as a driver of freshwater fish somatic growth in a resource-limited river: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences]
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*'''A Life History Bottleneck for Aquatic Insects Arising from Load Following'''
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*[https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.22414 Metcalfe et al., 2023, Insectivorous bat foraging tracks the availability of aquatic flies (Diptera), The Journal of Wildlife Management]
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*[https://doi.org/10.1002/tafs.10381 Yard et al., 2023, Declines in prey production during the collapse of a tailwater rainbow trout population are associated with changing reservoir conditions: Transactions of the American Fisheries Society]
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*[https://www.usbr.gov/uc/progact/amp/twg/2023-01-26-twg-meeting/20230126-AnnualReportingMeeting-MolecularModelingToolsTrackingFoodBaseDynamicsChangingEnvironments-508-UCRO.pdf Molecular and modeling tools for tracking food base dynamics in changing environments]
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*[[Media:BAO_Approved-LHansen-Rev_Poster.pdf| A Decade of GPP Data in a Changing River]]
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*[[Media:Wehr-Wrey-Stevens_diatoms.pdf| Changes in epiphytic diatoms in the Colorado River downstream of Glen Canyon Dam following reduced flow variation]]
  
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'''2022'''
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*'''[http://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/twg/mtgs/15jan20/Attach_11.pdf Invertebrate drift in Glen Canyon 2007-2013]'''
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*[https://www.usbr.gov/uc/progact/amp/amwg/2022-02-10-amwg-meeting/20220210-ProjectF-AquaticEcologyFoodBaseMonitoring-508-UCRO.pdf Project F: Aquatic ecology and food base monitoring ]
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*[https://www.usbr.gov/uc/progact/amp/twg/2022-01-13-twg-meeting/20220113-AnnualReportingMeeting-ProjectF-AquaticEcologyFoodBaseMonitoring-508-UCRO.pdf Project F: Aquatic ecology and food base monitoring ]
  
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'''2021'''
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*'''[http://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/twg/mtgs/14jan30/Attach_05a.pdf Foodbase Enhancement Suggestions from Federation of Fly Fishers]'''
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*[[Media:Abernethy 2021 Hydropeaking intensity.pdf| Abernethy et al., 2021, Hydropeaking intensity and dam proximity limit aquatic invertebrate diversity in the Colorado River Basin: Ecosphere]]
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*'''[http://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/twg/mtgs/14jan30/Attach_05b.pdf Foodbase Findings]'''
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*[https://www.usbr.gov/uc/progact/amp/twg/2021-04-14-twg-meeting/20210414-MacroinvertebrateOvipositionHabitatSelectivityEgg-MassDesiccationTolerances-508-UCRO.pdf Macroinvertebrate Oviposition Habitat Selectivity and Egg-Mass Desiccation Tolerances: Implications For Population Dynamics In Large Regulated Rivers ]
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*'''[http://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/twg/mtgs/14jan30/AR_Kennedy_Foodweb_Update.pdf Foodbase Update]'''
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*[https://www.usbr.gov/uc/progact/amp/twg/2021-04-14-twg-meeting/20210414-DistributionImpactsBenthicHyporheicAnoxiaColoradoRiverEcosystem-508-UCRO.pdf Distribution and Impacts of Benthic and Hyporheic Anoxia on the Colorado River Ecosystem Downstream from Glen Canyon Dam, Arizona ]
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*[https://www.usbr.gov/uc/progact/amp/amwg/2021-02-11-amwg-meeting/20210211-NutrientsPrimaryProductionColoradoRiverFoodbase-508-UCRO.pdf Nutrients, Primary Production, and the Colorado River Foodbase ]
  
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*'''[http://www.gcmrc.gov/about/foodbase/Cross%20et%20al._EM_2013.pdf Food-web dynamics in a large river discontinuum]'''
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*[https://www.sryahwapublications.com/annals-of-ecology-and-environmental-science/pdf/v4-i2/1.pdf Stevens et al. 2020. Benthic discontinuity between an unregulated tributary and the dam-controlled Colorado River, Grand Canyon, Arizona. Annals of Ecology and Environmental Science.]
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*'''[http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2013/3039/fs2013-3039.pdf Native and nonnative fish populations of the Colorado River are food limited - Evidence from new food web analyses]'''
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*[https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13617 Metcalfe et al., 2020, Net‐spinning caddisfly distribution in large regulated rivers: Freshwater Biology]
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*[https://www.usbr.gov/uc/progact/amp/twg/2020-10-15-twg-meeting/20201015-ColoradoRiverAquaticFoodbaseStudiesTapeatsCreek-Presentation-508-UCRO.pdf Colorado River Aquatic Foodbase Studies at Tapeats Creek, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona: A Benthic Discontinuity ]
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*[https://www.usgs.gov/mission-areas/ecosystems/science/episode-2-citizen-science?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects Citizen Science - podcast ]
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*[[Media:Metcalfe 2020 Spatial population structure aquatic insect CR Basin.pdf|Metcalfe et al., 2020, Spatial population structure of a widespread aquatic insect in the Colorado River Basin--Evidence for a Hydropsyche oslari species complex: Freshwater Science]]
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*[https://www.usbr.gov/uc/progact/amp/twg/2020-01-13-twg-meeting/20200113-AnnualReportingMeeting-TroutRecruitmentGrowthPopulationDynamics-Presentation-508-UCRO.pdf TRGD: Trout Recruitment, Growth and Population Dynamics ]
  
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*[https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecs2.2583 Behn, K. E., and C. V. Baxter. 2019. The trophic ecology of a desert river fish assemblage: influence of season and hydrologic variability. Ecosphere 10(1):e02583]
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*'''[http://www.gcmrc.gov/about/foodbase/Hall%20et%20al.%202012.pdf Air –water oxygen exchange in a large whitewater river]'''
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*[https://www.usbr.gov/uc/progact/amp/twg/2019-03-14-twg-meeting/20190314-BigFloodSmallFloodSpringFloodFallFloodHFETimingAffectsFoodBaseResponse-Presentation-508-UCRO.pdf Big Flood, Small Flood, Spring Flood, Fall Flood: HFE timing affects food base response? Presentation ]
  
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*[https://www.usbr.gov/uc/progact/amp/twg/2018-10-10-twg-meeting/Attach_09.pdf Future CRE Foodbase Research and Management PPT]
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*[[Media:Ellsworth TWG Meeting 20180626.pdf| Caddisfly outbreak on the Colorado River below Davis Dam Laughlin NV / Bullhead City AZ]]
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*[https://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/twg/mtgs/18jun25/Attach_12.pdf Colorado River Benthic Foodbase Studies in Glen and Grand Canyons PPT (Tapeats Creek study)]
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*[https://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/twg/mtgs/18jan25/AR09.pdf Shedding light on aquatic insects of the Colorado River Basin with citizen science PPT]
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*[https://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/twg/mtgs/18jan25/AR08.pdf Colorado River Benthic Foodbase Studies in Glen and Grand Canyons: Anoxic substrates and Tapeats Creek studies PPT]
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*[https://www.lcrmscp.gov/crab/presentations/2018/crab18_21.pdf Aquatic invertebrate drift patterns downstream of Colorado River Basin dams]
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*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13109 Sabo et al., 2018, Pulsed flows, tributary inputs, and food web structure in a highly regulated river: Journal of Applied Ecology ]
  
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*[https://doi.org/10.1086/694539 Walters et al., 2017, A digital reference collection for aquatic macroinvertebrates of North America: Freshwater Science, v. 36, no. 4, p. 693-697]
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*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2016-0365 Muehlbauer et al. 2016. Deleterious effects of net clogging on the quantification of stream drift: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences]
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*[https://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/twg/mtgs/17jan26/AR19_Kennedy.pdf  Floods, Flows and the Aquatic Foodbase PPT]
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*[[Media:20170120 GCMRC LightTrappingPoster.pdf| The Grand Beyond: Aquatic Foodbase of the Upper Colorado River Basin]]
  
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*[[Media:Kennedy 2016 HydropowerEPT.pdf| Kennedy et al. 2016. Flow Management for Hydropower Extirpates Aquatic Insects, Undermining River Food Webs. BioScience]]
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*[http://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/amwg/mtgs/16aug24/Attach_07a.pdf  Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center Science Updates (BO Compliance, Trout Updates, Green Sunfish, Fisheries PEP, Partners in Science)]
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*[http://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/amwg/mtgs/16aug24/Attach_11b.pdf Aquatic Foodbase of the Little Colorado River]
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*[http://www.montana.edu/wcross/documents/publication/Walters-et-al-2015.pdf Walters et al. 2015. Mercury and selenium accumulation in the Colorado River food web, Grand Canyon, USA. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry]
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*[https://www.usbr.gov/uc/progact/amp/twg/2015-10-20-twg-meeting/Attach_08b.pdf Mercury and Selenium levels in the Grand Canyon foodweb]
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*[http://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/twg/mtgs/15jan20/Attach_11.pdf  Invertebrate drift in Glen Canyon 2007-2013]
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*[http://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/amwg/mtgs/14aug27/index.html Citizen Science Insect Monitoring: A Powerful Tool for Detecting Ecosystem Change]
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*[http://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/amwg/mtgs/14aug27/Attach_04a.pdf| Science Updates - Recent Research on Sand, Bugs, and Fish ]
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*[http://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/twg/mtgs/14jan30/Attach_05a.pdf  Foodbase Enhancement Suggestions from Federation of Fly Fishers]
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*[http://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/twg/mtgs/14jan30/Attach_05b.pdf  Foodbase Findings]
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*[http://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/twg/mtgs/14jan30/AR_Melis_Low_Flows.pdf  Low flows in Glen Canyon: preliminary geomorphic analysis of the potential effects on fish and food base (Melis)]
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*[https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2013/3039/fs2013-3039.pdf Native and Nonnative Fish Populations of the Colorado River are Food Limited—Evidence from New Food Web Analyses]
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*[http://www.montana.edu/wcross/documents/publication/Cross%20et%20al.%202013.pdf Cross et al. 2013. Food-web dynamics in a large river discontinuum. Ecological Monographs]
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*[http://www.gcmrc.gov/about/foodbase/Kennedy%20et%20al.%20FWB%20proofs.pdf  Kennedy et al. 2013. The relation between invertebrate drift and two primary controls, discharge and benthic densities, in a large regulated river. Freshwater Biology.]
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*[http://www.uwyo.edu/bhall/reprints/wellard_kelly2013.pdf Wellard-Kelly et al. 2013. Macroinvertebrate diets reflect tributary inputs and turbidity-driven changes in food availability in the Colorado River downstream of Glen Canyon Dam. Freshwater Science.]
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*[[Media:Miller and Judson-2013-DriftAndHydropeaking.pdf| Miller and Judson. 2013. Responses of macroinvertebrate drift, benthic assemblages, and trout foraging to hydropeaking. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci.]]
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*[http://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/twg/mtgs/13nov06/Attach_02a.pdf GCMRC Update - Status of Resources and Sediment Conditions]
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*[http://www.gcmrc.gov/about/annaul_reporting/Tuesday%201_22_13/6.%20Kennedy_2013Annual%20Report.pdf  Annual Reporting Meeting: Foodbase Update]
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*[https://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/twg/mtgs/13jan24/7_Kennedy.pdf Foodbase Update]
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'''2012'''
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*[http://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/amwg/mtgs/01apr12/Attach_08a.pdf Temperatures, TCD, and Food Base]
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*[https://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/twg/mtgs/12apr16/Attach_07a.pdf Final Report of the Aquatic Food Base Study and Protocol Evaluation Panel and PPT]
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*[https://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/twg/mtgs/12apr16/Attach_07b.pdf Long-term Food Web and Ecosystem Monitoring]
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*[https://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/twg/mtgs/12apr16/Attach_07c.pdf Foodbase Monitoring and Research: Response to PEP PPT]
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*[https://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/amwg/mtgs/12feb22/Attach_08.pdf GCMRC Updates and PPT]
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*[https://www.gcmrc.gov/about/ka/KA%202%20-%2010-19-11/AM%20Talks/Kennedy_Food%20Base_2011_KA2.pdf Food Base 2011 KA2]
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'''2011'''
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*[http://www.gcmrc.gov/about/foodbase/Cross%20et%20al.%202011_EA.pdf Cross et al. 2011. Ecosystem ecology meets adaptive management: Food web response to a controlled flood on the Colorado River, Glen Canyon. Ecological Applications, 21(6), 2011, pp. 2016–2033]
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'''2010'''
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*[[Media:2010 Rosi HFEs Foodbase.pdf| Rosi-Marshall et al., 2010, Short-term effects of the 2008 high-flow experiment on macroinvertebrates in the Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010-1031, 28 p.]]
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*[https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/a521/0fc25d8781a5511fbb50947f8a38c9c5ded2.pdf Wellard-Kelly, 2010, Resource Composition and Macroinvertebrate Resource Consumption in the Colorado River Below Glen Canyon Dam. Master's Theses. ]
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*[https://www.gcmrc.gov/library/reports/biological/Foodbase/McKinney1999f.pdf McKinney et al., 2010, Macroinvertebrate drift in the tailwater of a regulated river below Glen Canyon Dam, Arizona. The Southwestern Naturalist]
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*[http://www.montana.edu/wcross/Cross_website/Publications_files/Cross%20et%20al.%202010.pdf Cross et al. 2010. Invasion and production of New Zealand mud snails in the Colorado River, Glen Canyon. Biol Invasions]
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*[http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1031/of2010-1031.pdf  Short-Term Effects of the 2008 High-Flow Experiment on Macroinvertebrates in Colorado River Below Glen Canyon Dam, Arizona]
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*[http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1075/of2010-1075.pdf  Basal Resources in Backwaters of the Colorado River Below Glen Canyon Dam—Effects of Discharge Regimes and Comparison with Mainstem Depositional Environments]
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'''2009'''
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*[https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2122&context=wnan Blinn and Ruiter, 2009, "Caddisfly (Trichoptera) assemblages along major river drainages in Arizona," Western North American Naturalist]
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*[https://www.gcmrc.gov/library/reports/physical/hydrology/Oberlin1999.pdf Oberlin et al., 2009, Watershed Influence on the Macroinvertebrate Fauna of Ten Major Tributaries of the Colorado River through Grand Canyon, Arizona. The Southwestern Naturalist]
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*[https://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/amwg/mtgs/09apr29/Attach_03a.pdf AIF: Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center (GCMRC) Update]
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*[https://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/twg/mtgs/09mar16/Attach_05.pdf Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center updates by Program Managers]
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'''2003'''
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*[[Media:2003 Haden benthic structure CR.pdf| Haden et al. 2003. Benthic community structure of the Green and Colorado Rivers through Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA. The Southwestern Naturalist]]
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'''2001'''
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*[http://www.riversimulator.org/Resources/GCMRC/FoodBase/Shannon2001b.pdf Shannon et al. 2001. Aquatic food base response to the 1996 test flood below Glen Canyon Dam, Colorado River, Arizona. Ecological Applications, 11(3), 2001, pp. 672–685.]
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'''2000'''
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*[https://www.gcmrc.gov/library/reports/biological/Foodbase/Blinn2000.pdf Blinn et al. 2000. Environmental Conditions Associated with Cladophora glomerata, Oscillatoria spp and Miscellaneous Algae, Macrophytes, and Bryophytes (MAMB). Report to GCMRC. ]
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'''1999'''
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*Oberlin, G. E., J. P. Shannon, and D. W. Blinn. 1999. Watershed influence on the macroinvertebrate fauna of ten major tributaries of the Colorado River through Grand Canyon, Arizona. Southwestern Naturalist 44:17–30.
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*Haden, G. A., D. W. Blinn, and J. P. Shannon. 1999. Driftwood: an alternative habitat for macroinvertebrates in a large southwestern river. Hydrobiologia 397:179–186.
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*[http://www.gcmrc.gov/library/reports/biological/Foodbase/Oberlin1999.pdf Oberlin et al. Watershed influence on the macroinvertebrate fauna of ten major tributaries of the Colorado River through Grand Canyon, Arizona. The Southwestern Naturalist 44(1):17-30. ]
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'''1998'''
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*Stevens, L. E., J. P. Shannon, and D. W. Blinn. 1998. Colorado river benthic ecology in Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA: dam, tributary and geomorphological influences. Regulated Rivers.
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*[https://www.gcmrc.gov/library/reports/biological/Foodbase/Blinn1998b.pdf Blinn et al. 1998. Algal ecology in the tailwater stream communities: The Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam, Arizona. J, Phycol. M, 734-740 (1998)]
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*[http://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3242&context=gbn Stevens et al. 1998. Chironomidae (Diptera) of the Colorado River, Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA, II: factors influencing distribution. Great Basin Naturalist: Vol. 58: No. 2, Article 2]
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'''1997'''
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*Stevens, L. E., J. P. Shannon, and D. W. Blinn. 1997. Colorado River benthic ecology in Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA: dam, tributary and geomorphological influences. Regulated Rivers: Research and Management 13:129–149.
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*[http://www.riversimulator.org/Resources/GCMRC/PhysicalResources2/Shaver1997.pdf Shaver et al. Effects of suspended sediment and desiccation on the benthic tailwater community in the Colorado River, USA. Hydrobiologia 357: 63–72, 1997. ]
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*[http://www.academia.edu/29251275/Colorado_River_benthic_ecology_in_Grand_Canyon Stevens et al. 1997. Colorado River benthic ecology in Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA: Dam, tributary, and gomorphological influences. Regulated Rivers: Research and Management, Vol. 13, 129–149 (1997)]
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'''1994'''
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*[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/227682979_Trophic_interactions_and_benthic_animal_community_structure_in_the_Colorado_River_Arizona_USA Shannon et al. 1994. Trophic interactions and benthic animal community structure in the Colorado River, Arizona, U.S.A. Freshwater Biology 31(2):213 - 220.]
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'''1991'''
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*[http://www.riversimulator.org/Resources/GCMRC/FoodBase/Haury1991.pdf  Haury 1991. Zooplankton of the Colorado River: Glen Canyon Dam to Diamond Creek]
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*[https://www.gcmrc.gov/library/reports/gces/Blinn1991.pdf Blinn and Cole. 1991. Algal and Invertebrate Biota in the Colorado River: Comparison of Pre- and Post-Dam Conditions. In Colorado River Ecology and Dam Management.]
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'''1990'''
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*[https://www.nap.edu/read/1832/chapter/8 Blin and Cole, 1990, Algal and Invertebrate Biota in the Colorado River: Comparison of Pre- and Post-Dam Conditions]
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'''1981'''
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*[http://www.gcmrc.gov/library/reports/GrandCanyon/Carothers1981.pdf  Carothers and Minckley. 1981. A survey of the aquatic flora and fauna of the Grand Canyon: A Survey of the Fishes, Aquatic Invertebrates and Aquatic Plants of the Colorado River and Selected Tributaries form Lee Ferry to Separation Rapids. Final Report to DOI]
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'''1959'''
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*[http://core.tdar.org/document/92630/ecological-studies-of-the-flora-and-fauna-in-glen-canyon  Woodbury et al. 1959. Ecological Studies of the Flora and Fauna in Glen Canyon. Anthropological Papers (Glen Canyon Series Number 7) ,40. Salt Lake City, Ut: University of Utah Press.  ]
  
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*'''[http://www.gcmrc.gov/library/reports/GrandCanyon/Carothers1981.pdf  A survey of the aquatic flora and fauna of the Grand Canyon]'''
 
 
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*[http://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/amwg/mtgs/01apr12/Attach_08a.pdf Temperatures/ TCD on Food Base:  Benthic algae and invertebrates that form the fish food base are adapted to constatn, cold water temperatures.  They may not be able to withstand cycling between warm and cold temperatures. (pg23)]
 
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*GCMRC scientists and their university cooperators (University of Wyoming, Idaho State University, and Loyola University, Chicago) are studying the kinds of organic matter (for example, algae and leaf litter) and invertebrate communities (for example, black flies and bloodworms (Families: Lumbricidae and Tubificidae)) in the Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam and how the sun’s energy is captured and passed from one species to another. Collectively, organic matter and the aquatic invertebrates that consume it largely constitute the food base for fish in the Colorado River ecosystem. Current research efforts focus on the temporal patterns, multi-year trends, and factors that affect the amount and sources of food for humpback chub and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). This information is used to understand the role that food plays in determining the distribution, population density, and growth of these animals. A better understanding of the aquatic food web of the Colorado River will allow natural resource managers to describe the conditions that would be expected to support the Grand Canyon population of humpback chub, the economically important Lees Ferry trout fishery, and other fish species.
 
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Fish occupying warmer water have higher metabolic demands than individuals in cooler water, and if these demands increase concurrently with a seasonal decline in prey availability, then growth rates may be reduced. [http://wec.ufl.edu/floridarivers/NSE/Finch%20RRA%20HBC%20Growth%20NSE.pdf]
  
 
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*Gammarus, blackflies, and midges fuel fish production below Glen Canyon Dam.
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*Blackflies and midges respond positively to spring HFE's. Gammarus show little response to fall or spring HFEs.  
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https://www.usbr.gov/uc/progact/amp/twg/2022-01-13-twg-meeting/20220113-AnnualReportingMeeting-ProjectF-AquaticEcologyFoodBaseMonitoring-508-UCRO.pdf

Aquatic Food Base monitoring below Glen Canyon Dam and into Grand Canyon

Aquatic insects live in the water as larvae most of their lives, then emerge onto land for a brief period as winged adults. Sampling these emerged adults on land is therefore a useful tool for understanding the condition of the aquatic insect population that is in the water, particularly in large rivers where sampling the larvae on the river bed is impractical. Aquatic insects have a terrestrial, winged adult life stage in which they leave the water and fly onto land in order to find a mate and reproduce. [1]

LTEMP Resource Goal for the Aquatic Food Base

No resource goal was identified for the aquatic food base. It was deemed more as "a means to an end" with regard to meeting goals for humpback chub, other native fish, and the rainbow trout fishery.

Desired Future Condition for the Aquatic Food Base

The aquatic food base will sustainably support viable populations of desired species at all trophic levels. Assure that an adequate, diverse, productive aquatic foodbase exists for fish and other aquatic and terrestrial species that depend on those food resources.

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EPT as Biologic Indicators of Stream Condition
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Algae and Aquatic Macrophytes
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Aquatic Macroinvertebrates

Updates

Variable phosphorus release from Glen Canyon Dam controls tailwater food webs https://www.usbr.gov/uc/progact/amp/twg/2022-01-13-twg-meeting/20220113-AnnualReportingMeeting-pHRegulatesPhosphorusCyclingColoradoRiver-508-UCRO.pdf
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Native and Nonnative Fish Populations of the Colorado River are Food Limited—Evidence from New Food Web Analyses

Links and Information

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Oviposition and Egg Desiccation Studies

Foodwebs and Bioenergetics Studies

Measuring Primary Production in the Lees Ferry Reach

The BugFlow Experiment

Citizen Science Insect Monitoring

Hyporheic Anoxia in the Lees Ferry Reach

Downstream Recovery of the Foodbase Community in Several Colorado River Tailwaters

Drift and Food Availability Studies

Foodbase PEP

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The interaction of fish, foodbase, and temperature

Fish occupying warmer water have higher metabolic demands than individuals in cooler water, and if these demands increase concurrently with a seasonal decline in prey availability, then growth rates may be reduced. [2]

  • Gammarus, blackflies, and midges fuel fish production below Glen Canyon Dam.
  • Blackflies and midges respond positively to spring HFE's. Gammarus show little response to fall or spring HFEs.
  • Mud Snails were introduced below Glen Canyon Dam around 1995.
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