Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
1980
Publication Title
Lake Mead Limnological Research Center: Technical Report Series
Publisher
Department of Biological Sciences: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Volume
2
Abstract
The Water and Power Resources Service is considering dredging in Black Canyon to create a larger forebay to accommodate higher peak discharges and reverse flows for proposed modifications to Hoover Dam.
The Black Canyon area from Hoover Dam to Willow Beach supports a heavily utilized trout fishery and is important habitat for the razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus) and possibly bonytail chub (Gila elegans).
The Water and Power Resources Service initiated this investigation to determine what effect dredging and higher peak-discharges would have on the ecology of Black Canyon.
Keywords
Benthic organisms; Black Canyon (Ariz. –Nev.); Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); Freshwater phytoplankton; Hydrodynamics; Lake Mead (Ariz. -Nev.); Periphytons; Phytoplankton; Zooplankton
Disciplines
Aquaculture and Fisheries | Environmental Engineering | Environmental Indicators and Impact Assessment | Environmental Monitoring | Environmental Sciences | Fresh Water Studies | Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology | Water Resource Management
Language
English
Repository Citation
Paulson, L. J.,
Miller, T. G.,
Baker, J. R.,
U.S. Water and Power Resources Service
(1980).
Influence of dredging and high discharge on the ecology of Black Canyon.
Lake Mead Limnological Research Center: Technical Report Series, 2
Available at:
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/water_pubs/65
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Comments
From the Lake Mead Limnological Research Center, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.