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Series
Contribution ... of the Larval Fish Laboratory Colorado State University volume 139
Technical publication volume no. 42
Technical publication volume no. 42
Publisher
Colorado Division of Wildlife
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Center for Limnology, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Native fishes of the upper Colorado River UCR basin are declining in abundance. Alteration of the natural riverine environment during the last 100 years by human actions including physical alterations and the introduction of nonnative species. Changes in the physical and biological characteristics of riverine habitat have contributed to the endangerment of four native fish species Colorado (pikeminnow, humpback chub, bonytail, and razorback sucker)....
Author
Publisher
Center for Limnology, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
Native fishes of the upper Colorado River UCR basin are declining in abundance. The most likely cause of their decline is anthropogenic alteration of the natural environment. Habitat of the native Colorado River fishes has been changed greatly during the last 100 years by human actions including physical alterations and the introduction of nonnative species. Changes in the physical and biological characteristics of riverine habitat have contributed...
5) Aerial photograph/GIS analysis and field studies of the 15 and 18 mile reach of the Colorado River
Author
Publisher
Department of Geography, University of Colorado Boulder
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Description
Surveys of the Colorado River near Grand Junction, Colorado show that populations of Colorado squawfish (Ptychocheilus lucius) and razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus) are small and continue to decline. A potentially important factor in their decline is a reduction in the amount of available habitat. The fish are most commonly found in habitats of complex channel which may be affected by bank stabilizing activities and regulation of the river flow....
Publisher
Center for Public-Private Sector Cooperation, Graduate School of Public Affairs, University of Colorado at Denver
Pub. Date
1993.
Language
English
Description
There are four endangered fish species in the Upper Colorado River: the bonytail chub, the Colorado squawfish, the humpback chub, and the razorback sucker. Habitat management is one of five elements of the Recovery Implementation Program for Endangered Fish Species in the Upper Colorado River Basin which is a cooperative effort by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, the states of Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah, and water...