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The effect of lotic-lentic interactions on the phytobenthic community was studied in the Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam (GCD), Arizona. Major compositional changes in river phytobenthos occurred following high snowmelt inflows that filled the Lake Powell reservoir and resulted in high, steady discharges from GCD. Cladophora glomerata, the previously dominant alga, was partly displaced by a mixed mucilaginous phytobenthic assemblage consisting of miscellaneous algae, macrophytes, and bryophytes (MAMB). Relationships between abiotic parameters (discharge, conductivity, nutrient concentration, and season) and biotic responses (composition and biomass of filamentous and epiphytic algae, and invertebrate biomass)...