Aspects of the Yampa River flow regime essential for maintenance of native fishes: Final report submitted to the NPS, The Nature Conservancy, and Western Resource Advocates. Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, CSU, Fort Collins. Larval fish laboratory contribution 181
Bestgen KR. 2015. Aspects of the Yampa River flow regime essential for maintenance of native fishes: Final report submitted to the NPS, The Nature Conservancy, and Western Resource Advocates. Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, CSU, Fort Collins. Larval fish laboratory contribution 181. Natural Resource Report. NPS/NRSS/WRD/NRR—2015/962. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
Maintaining various components of the natural flow regime of the Yampa River is essential to create habitat and preserve the native and endangered fishes it supports. Further, the Yampa River provides the downstream Green River with a more natural flow and water temperature pattern, and creates essential connections between the river and floodplain wetlands so native fishes can benefit. This report describes those essential components of the Yampa River flow regime, recognizing that all elements of the flow regime are important and losses or alterations would negatively affect ecosystem integrity.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Bestgen, Kevin
- Date of Issue
- 2015-05
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- DINO , NRSS , WRD
- Keywords
- Bonytail chub, Colorado pikeminnow, Dinosaur National Monument, Green River, humpback chub, Middle Green River, Razorback Sucker, Yampa River, Yampa River flow regime
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Fishes