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Fish Data Collection and Streamflows on the Canadian River 1995-2015

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Brewer, S.K., Vieux, B., Kennen, J.G., Worthington, T.A., and Andrews, W.J., 2019, Geographic patterns and time trends in surface-water quality, modeled streamflow, fish population characteristics, and ecological flows in the Canadian River Basin from Northeast New Mexico to Lake Eufaula, Oklahoma: U.S. Geological Survey data release, http://doi.org/10.5066/P9A7DRPE.

Summary

The use of streamflow simulations from the Vflo model and subsequent calculation of streamflow metrics to investigate flow-ecology relationships may be hindered by our inability to accurately model flow variability and extreme flows of the arid Great Plains. The Canadian River and other rivers in the Great Plains tend to have highly variable flows and harsh environmental conditions. The combination of these environmental conditions makes semi-arid and arid regions difficult to represent with a hydrologic model, especially extreme events. In some cases, overestimating flows may be acceptable to water managers (e.g., vulnerability of infrastructures), but could greatly affect estimates of fish species persistence. To address incidences [...]

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Shannon Brewer
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Shannon Brewer
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Shannon Brewer
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FISHDATA_Canadian River through 2015_rev_9_20_2018.csv 115.21 KB text/csv

Purpose

Existing fish data in the mainstem Canadian River were collected to assign to hydrologic data from the Vflo Model. The end goal was to assess the flow-ecology relationships of the fish assemblage.

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  • National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers
  • South Central CASC

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