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==[http://www.gcmrc.gov/research_areas/food_base/food_base_default.aspx '''The Aquatic Food Base below Glen Canyon Dam''']==
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=='''Aquatic Food Base monitoring below Glen Canyon Dam and into Grand Canyon'''==
  
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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 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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==[[Portal:Desired Future Conditions -DFCs| '''Desired Future Condition for the Aquatic Food Base''']]==
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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''']]==
 
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>
 
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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[[Media:Kennedy 2016 HydropowerEPT.pdf| '''Kennedy's 2016 Bioscience paper''']] presents a conceptual model describing how hydropower flows could be limiting aquatic insect diversity and production by limiting the reproductive success of insects accustom to laying their eggs along the shoreline. It provides supporting data from an egg desiccation study done below Flaming Gorge Dam, light trap data collected in the Grand Canyon, and a comparison of fluctuation intensity and EPT diversity in several western US hydropower tailwaters. The paper concludes that egg desiccation from fluctuating flows is likely a leading factor in limiting aquatic insect diversity and production in tailwaters below hydropower facilities. The paper also proposes a '''[[The Bugflow Experiment| bugflow experiment]]''' to be tested at Glen Canyon Dam as a possible mitigation for fluctuating flows made for hydropower production.
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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://www.gcmrc.gov/about/foodbase/Cross%20et%20al._EM_2013.pdf '''Recent food web studies (2006-2009)'''] conducted in collaboration with University of Wyoming, Montana State University, Idaho State University, and the Cary Institute for Ecosystem Studies revealed that fish populations in the Colorado River downstream from Glen Canyon Dam appear to be limited by the availability of high-quality invertebrate prey. Midge and blackfly production is low and nonnative rainbow trout in Glen Canyon and native fishes in Grand Canyon consume virtually all of the midge and blackfly biomass that is produced annually. In Glen Canyon, the invertebrate assemblage is dominated by nonnative New Zealand mudsnails, the food web has a simple structure, and transfers of energy from the base of the web (algae) to the top of the web (rainbow trout) are inefficient. The food webs in Grand Canyon are more complex relative to Glen Canyon, because, on average, each species in the web is involved in more interactions and feeding connections. Based on theory and on studies from other ecosystems, the structure and organization of Grand Canyon food webs should make them more stable and less susceptible to large changes following perturbations of the flow regime relative to food webs in Glen Canyon. In support of this hypothesis, Grand Canyon food webs were much less affected by a 2008 controlled flood relative to the food web in Glen Canyon.
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During periods of high fish abundance, food limitation can lead to extreme competition between [http://gcdamp.com/index.php?title=FISHERY '''rainbow trout'''] and [http://gcdamp.com/index.php?title=Humpback_Chub_Page '''humpback chub'''] for limited food resources resulting in large swings in in the trout population and skip spawning in the humpback chub population. These effects can be amplified by [http://gcdamp.com/index.php?title=TEMPERATURE increasing '''water temperature'''] if food production or availability don't correspondingly increase because warmer water increases fish metabolism requiring them to eat more food in order to maintain body condition.
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*[http://www.gcmrc.gov/research_areas/food_base/food_base_default.aspx USGS- GCMRC Aquatic Food Base Link]
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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=Algae_and_Aquatic_Macrophytes Algae and Aquatic Macrophytes wiki page]
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*[http://gcdamp.com/index.php?title=Nutrients Nutrients wiki page]
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*[http://gcdamp.com/index.php?title=Humpback_Chub_Page Humpback Chub 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]
 
*[http://www.usu.edu/buglab/ USU Buglab]
 
*[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://gcdamp.com/index.php?title=The_Bugflow_Experiment The Bugflow Experiment]
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*[http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/35772.html Freshwater Macroinvertebrates of NY]
  
 
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[http://gcdamp.com/index.php?title=%27%27%27Oviposition_and_Egg_Desiccation%27%27%27 Oviposition and Egg Desiccation Studies]
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[http://gcdamp.com/index.php?title=Foodwebs_and_Bioenergetics Foodwebs and Bioenergetics Studies]
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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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Hyporheic Anoxia in the Lees Ferry Reach
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Downstream Recovery of the Foodbase Community in Several Colorado River Tailwaters
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*[http://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/twg/mtgs/05may18/Attach_08a.pdf A Review of the GCMRC Food Base Science Program by the GCD AMP Science Advisors, February 2004]
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*2012 Foodbase PEP
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*[http://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/amwg/mtgs/04mar03/Attach_09b.pdf Recommended change of direction in food base monitoring, December 2003 Memo by Jeff Lovich]
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*[http://gcdamp.com/index.php?title=Foodbase_PEP 2004 Foodbase PEP]
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*[https://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/twg/mtgs/04jan07/Attach_13.pdf Recommendations on a new direction for Foodbase Monitoring, GCMRC TWG presentation]
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*[http://gcdamp.com/index.php?title=Foodbase_PEP 2001 Foodbase PEP]
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*[http://www.gcmrc.gov/library/reports/PEP/Anders2001.pdf Final Report of the Aquatic Protocol Evaluation Program Panel, November 28, 2001 ]
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'''2023'''
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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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*[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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*[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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*[[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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*[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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*[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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*[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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*[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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*[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/AR18_Muehlbauer.pdf  Fluvial Aquatic Ecology of the Colorado River (… especially Lees Ferry)]
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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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*[http://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/amwg/mtgs/16aug24/Attach_11b.pdf Aquatic Foodbase of the Little Colorado River]
 
 
*[[Media:Kennedy 2016 HydropowerEPT.pdf| Kennedy et al. 2016. Flow Management for Hydropower Extirpates Aquatic Insects, Undermining River Food Webs. BioScience]]
 
*[[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_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]
 
*[http://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/twg/mtgs/15jan20/Attach_11.pdf  Invertebrate drift in Glen Canyon 2007-2013]
 
*[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/twg/mtgs/14jan30/Attach_05a.pdf  Foodbase Enhancement Suggestions from Federation of Fly Fishers]
 
*[http://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/twg/mtgs/14jan30/Attach_05b.pdf  Foodbase Findings]
 
*[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)]
 
*[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.]]
 
*[http://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/twg/mtgs/13nov06/Attach_02a.pdf GCMRC Update - Status of Resources and Sediment Conditions]
 
*[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.redorbit.com/news/science/1112927299/lessons-from-grand-canyon-dams-destabilize-river-food-webs-082013/ Lessons From The Grand Canyon: Dams Destabilize River Food Webs]
 
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*[http://www.gcmrc.gov/about/foodbase/Cross%20et%20al._EM_2013.pdf  Cross et al. 2013: Food-web dynamics in a large river discontinuum]
 
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*[http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2013/3039/fs2013-3039.pdf  USGS fact sheet: Native and nonnative fish populations of the Colorado River are food limited - Evidence from new food web analyses]
 
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*[http://www.gcmrc.gov/about/foodbase/WellardKelley_et%20al.%202013.pdf  Macroinvertebrate diets reflect tributary inputs and turbidity-driven changes in food availability in the Colorado River downstream of Glen Canyon Dam]
 
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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]
 
 
*[http://www.gcmrc.gov/about/annaul_reporting/Tuesday%201_22_13/6.%20Kennedy_2013Annual%20Report.pdf  Annual Reporting Meeting: Foodbase Update]
 
*[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]
  
 
'''2012'''
 
'''2012'''
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*[http://www.gcmrc.gov/about/foodbase/Hall%20et%20al.%202012.pdf  Air –water oxygen exchange in a large whitewater river]
 
 
*[http://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/amwg/mtgs/01apr12/Attach_08a.pdf Temperatures, TCD, and Food Base]
 
*[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]
  
 
'''2011'''
 
'''2011'''
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*[http://www.gcmrc.gov/about/foodbase/Cross%20et%20al.%202011_EA.pdf Ecosystem ecology meets adaptive management: Food web response to a controlled flood on the Colorado River, Glen Canyon]
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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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*[http://www.gcmrc.gov/about/foodbase/Donner_Thesis%202011.pdf  Secondary production rates, consumption rates, and trophic basis of production of fishes in the Colorado River, Grand Canyon, AZ: An assessment of potential competition for food]
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*[http://http://www.gcmrc.gov/about/foodbase/Zahn_Thesis_2011.pdf  Diet overlap and competition among native and non-native small-bodied fishes in the Colorado River, Arizona]
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'''2010'''
 
'''2010'''
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*[http://www.gcmrc.gov/about/foodbase/Wellard%20Kelly_Thesis%202010.pdf Resource composition and macroinvertebrate resource consumption in the Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam]
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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]
 
*[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]
 
*[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]
 
*[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]
 
*[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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*[http://www.gcmrc.gov/about/foodbase/Hall%20et%20al.%20from%20sir2010-5135.pdf Aquatic production and carbon flow in the Colorado River Pages 105-112 in Proceedings of the Colorado River Basin Science and Resource Management Symposium, November 18–20, 2008, Scottsdale, Arizona]
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*[http://www.gcmrc.gov/about/foodbase/Cross%20et%20al.%202010.pdf Invasion and production of New Zealand mud snails in the Colorado River, Glen Canyon]
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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. ]
  
 
'''1999'''
 
'''1999'''
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*[http://www.gcmrc.gov/library/reports/biological/Foodbase/Oberlin1999.pdf Watershed influence on the macroinvertebrate fauna of ten major tributaries of the Colorado River through Grand Canyon, Arizona]
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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.]
  
 
'''1991'''
 
'''1991'''
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*[http://www.riversimulator.org/Resources/GCMRC/FoodBase/Haury1991.pdf  Zooplankton of the Colorado River: Glen Canyon Dam to Diamond Creek]
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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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'''1988'''
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'''1990'''
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*[http://www.riversimulator.org/Resources/GCMRC/Aquatic/Leibfried1988.pdf  The utilization of Cladophora glomerata and epiphytic diatoms as a food resource by rainbow trout in the Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam, Arizona]
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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]
  
 
'''1981'''
 
'''1981'''
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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.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]
  
 
'''1959'''
 
'''1959'''
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*[http://core.tdar.org/document/92630/ecological-studies-of-the-flora-and-fauna-in-glen-canyon  Ecological Studies of the Flora and Fauna in Glen Canyon (Woodbury 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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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
https://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/twg/mtgs/17jan26/AR19_Kennedy.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

Foodbase Projects

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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