Flow management, aquatic insects and river food webs - Data

Two unique datasets were gathered to document whether flow management for hydropower affects the abundance and diversity of aquatic insect assemblages. The first dataset was collected in Grand Canyon from 2012-2014 by citizen scientists rafting the Colorado River. Simple light traps were set out each night in camp and used to capture the adult life stages of aquatic insects that emerged from the Colorado River. Three aquatic insect taxa were captured in sufficient abundance to analyze statistically including midges (order Diptera, family Chironomidae), micro-caddisflies (order Trichoptera, family Hydroptilidae), and blackflies (order Diptera, family Simuliidae, principally Simulium arcticum). These data were used...

Types: Citation; Tags: Adult aquatic insects, Arizona, Biodiversity, Biological traits, California, All tags... Causey Dam, Citizen science, Colorado, Colorado Plateau, Colorado River, Crystal Dam, Dam, Deer Creek Dam, EPT, EPT taxa, Echo Dam, Ephemeroptera, Flaming Gorge Dam, Flood elevation, Fontenelle Dam, Glen Canyon Dam, Grand Canyon, Green River, Gunnison River, High water line, Holter Dam, Hoover Dam, Idaho, Kootenai River, Libby Dam, Light trapping data, Light traps, Lower Provo River, Missouri River, Montana, Navajo Dam, Nevada, New Mexico, Ogden River, Oregon, Owyhee Dam, Owyhee River, Pine Flat Dam, Plecoptera, River, River ecology, San Juan River, Starvation Dam, Strawberry River, Tongue Dam, Tongue River, Trichoptera, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, Utah, Wanship Dam, Weber River, Western United States, Wyoming, Fewer tags