Western water and climate change

M Dettinger, B Udall, A Georgakakos - Ecological Applications, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The western United States is a region long defined by water challenges. Climate
change adds to those historical challenges, but does not, for the most part, introduce entirely …

[LIBRO][B] River mechanics

PY Julien - 2018 - books.google.com
The second edition of Julien's textbook presents an analysis of rivers from mountain streams
to river estuaries. The book is rooted in fundamental principles to promote sound …

Review and reinterpretation of Rio Grande silvery minnow reproductive ecology using egg biology, life history, hydrology, and geomorphology information

C Nicolas Medley, PD Shirey - Ecohydrology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
To inform management actions to recover the endangered Rio Grande silvery minnow
(Hybognathus amarus, RGSM), we (1) calculated the terminal settling velocities of newly …

Strategies for ecological restoration of the Middle Rio Grande in New Mexico and recovery of the endangered Rio Grande silvery minnow

DE Cowley - Reviews in Fisheries Science, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Issues relevant to management of arid land aquatic ecosystems include:(1) a poor
understanding of the extent and linkages of an aquatic ecosystem,(2) human population …

Estimating the natural flow regime of rivers with long‐standing development: the northern branch of the Rio Grande

TL Blythe, JC Schmidt - Water Resources Research, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
An estimate of a river's natural flow regime is useful for water resource planning and
ecosystem rehabilitation by providing insight into the predisturbance form and function of a …

The emblematic minnows of the North American Great Plains: a synthesis of threats and conservation opportunities

TA Worthington, AA Echelle, JS Perkin… - Fish and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Anthropogenic changes to the Great Plains rivers of North America have had a large,
negative effect on a reproductive guild of pelagic‐broadcast spawning (PBS) cyprinid fishes …

Assisted colonization under the US Endangered Species Act

PD Shirey, GA Lamberti - Conservation Letters, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Assisted colonization could help prevent the extinction of threatened and endangered
species by intentionally moving a species to a region where it has not occurred in the recent …

Managed spring runoff to improve nursery floodplain habitat for endangered Rio Grande silvery minnow

RA Valdez, GM Haggerty, K Richard… - Ecohydrology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Water managers in New Mexico, USA, stored water in El Vado Reservoir and
coordinated releases into the Chama River that augmented the runoff of the Rio Grande …

Age and growth of the Rio Grande silvery minnow, an endangered, short‐lived cyprinid of the North American Southwest

RJ Horwitz, DH Keller, PF Overbeck… - Transactions of the …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
This study provides the first comprehensive evaluation of age and age–length relationships
from an extant population of the federally endangered Rio Grande Silvery Minnow …

Retrospective stable isotope analysis reveals ecosystem responses to river regulation over the last century

TF Turner, TJ Krabbenhoft, ML Collyer… - Ecology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Disruption of natural flow regimes, nutrient pollution, and other consequences of human
population growth and development have impacted most major rivers of the world. Alarming …