1989 Upper Basin interagency standardized monitoring program : Green and Colorado Rivers habitat : Mapping using airborne video
Pucherelli MJ, Clark RC, Szabados KH, Williams RD. 1990. 1989 Upper Basin interagency standardized monitoring program : Green and Colorado Rivers habitat : Mapping using airborne video. R-90-20. US Bureau of Reclamation, Applied Sciences Branch, Research and Laboratory Services Division. Denver, CO
Reclamation (the Bureau of Reclamation) initiated the ISMP (interagency standardized monitoring program) to monitor endangered fish populations and their habitat in the Green and Colorado Rivers. Reclamation acquired airborne video for the ISMP to quantify backwaters, side channels, and channel width by river mile for two monitoring reaches in the Green and Colorado Rivers. The upper monitoring reaches of the Green and Colorado Rivers were generally wider and had substantially more backwater and side channel habitat than their lower reaches. There were significantly fewer and larger backwaters in the Green River during 1989 than 1988. Several years of video data will be required to determine any correlation between habitat and fish capture data.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Pucherelli, Michael; Clark, Richard; Szabados, Kathleen; Williams, Robert
- Date of Issue
- 1990-11
- Publisher
- US Bureau of Reclamation, Applied Sciences Branch, Research and Laboratory Services Division
- Units
- CANY , DINO , WRD
- Keywords
- backwaters, channel characteristics, Clemson, Colorado River, endangered fishes, Fish Habitat, Flaming Gorge Dam, Green River, Monitoring, Rivers, Water Quality, WRBIB