Hydropeaking intensity and dam proximity limit aquatic invertebrate diversity in the Colorado River Basin
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DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3559
Abstract: River biodiversity is threatened globally by hydropower dams, and there is a need to understand how dam management favors certain species while filtering out others. We examined aquatic invertebrate communities within the tailwaters 0–24 km… read more here.
Keywords: colorado river; invertebrate; aquatic invertebrate; river basin ... See more keywords
eZ flow metrics: Using z‐scores to estimate deviations from natural flow in the Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam
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DOI: 10.1002/rra.4360
Abstract: River flow patterns are primary drivers of lotic ecosystems, and hundreds of metrics have been developed to quantify flow attributes. Although existing metrics have been a powerful tool in designing environmental flows, they are often… read more here.
Keywords: deviations natural; glen canyon; canyon dam; colorado river ... See more keywords
Temporal Patterns of Fish Occurrence in the Colorado River, Grand Canyon in Response to Temperature, Largescale Drought, and Newly Exposed Habitat
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DOI: 10.1002/rra.4392
Abstract: Two large dams on the Colorado River, Glen Canyon and Hoover Dam, have profoundly altered the river within Grand Canyon. Owing to widespread drought and increased water usage throughout the Southwest, water levels in Lake… read more here.
Keywords: occurrence; water; colorado river; grand canyon ... See more keywords
Misfit rivers under ENSO regimes: The deactivation of the Colorado River system of Argentina
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2021.104474
Abstract: Abstract The Colorado River has significantly diminished its drainage area and annual discharge. Today it flows across several provinces of Argentina (Neuquen, Mendoza, La Pampa, Rio Negro and Buenos Aires) although during the Upper Pleistocene… read more here.
Keywords: colorado river; river; rivers enso; river system ... See more keywords
Biden Administration Considers Unprecedented Solution to Colorado River Crisis
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DOI: 10.1029/2023eo230151
Abstract: As Colorado River Basin states prove unable to reach a consensus in reducing their water consumption, the U.S. Department of the Interior is investigating an option that defies the Law of the River. read more here.
Keywords: biden administration; river; colorado river; considers unprecedented ... See more keywords
A hydrological simulation dataset of the Upper Colorado River Basin from 1983 to 2019
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DOI: 10.1038/s41597-022-01123-w
Abstract: This article presents a hydrological reconstruction of the Upper Colorado River Basin with an hourly temporal resolution, and 1-km spatial resolution from October 1982 to September 2019. The validated dataset includes a suite of hydrologic… read more here.
Keywords: river; simulation; colorado river; river basin ... See more keywords
Database of surface water diversion sites and daily withdrawals for the Upper Colorado River Basin, 1980–2022
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DOI: 10.1038/s41597-024-04123-0
Abstract: The Colorado River drains about 8% of the conterminous United States, provides water for 40 million people, and is one of the most overallocated rivers in the world. As the upper Colorado River Basin (UCOL)… read more here.
Keywords: water; colorado river; surface water;
Expanding the Scope and Scale of Risk in TPC: Water Access and the Colorado River Basin
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DOI: 10.1080/10572252.2023.2210194
Abstract: ABSTRACT Building from a recent history of how technical and professional communication has addressed risk, we argue that the spatial and temporal frames through which the field has encountered risk must be confronted in working… read more here.
Keywords: expanding scope; colorado river; river; risk ... See more keywords
Spatial population structure of a widespread aquatic insect in the Colorado River Basin: Evidence for a Hydropsyche oslari species complex
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DOI: 10.1086/709022
Abstract: Structural connectivity and dispersal ability are important constraints on functional connectivity among populations. For aquatic organisms that disperse among stream corridors, the regional structure of a river network can, thus, define the boundaries of gene… read more here.
Keywords: river; population structure; hydropsyche oslari; basin ... See more keywords
Threatening the vigor of the Colorado River
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DOI: 10.1126/science.abb3624
Abstract: Loss of sunlight-reflecting snow spurs evaporation and ebbs river flow As the beating heart of the American Southwest, the Colorado River (CR) serves ∼40 million people from Denver to Los Angeles and supports 16 million… read more here.
Keywords: river; threatening vigor; colorado river; vigor colorado ... See more keywords
What will it take to stabilize the Colorado River?
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DOI: 10.1126/science.abo4452
Abstract: Description A continuation of the current 23-year-long drought will require difficult decisions to prevent further decline The Colorado River supplies water to more than 40 million inhabitants in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.… read more here.
Keywords: take stabilize; colorado river; water; river ... See more keywords