Waterfall Effects Handout

Waterfall Effects Handout
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Waterfall Effects on Native and Non-Native Fish Movement in the San Juan River CART Case Study Handout

River managers stock Razorback Sucker (RS; Xyrauchen texanus) and Colorado Pikeminnow (CP; Ptychocheilus lucius) as part of the species鈥� recovery plans. The San Juan River Basin Recovery Implementation Program (SJRRIP) moved stocked CP and RS upstream of the waterfall, then implanted them with passive integrated transponder (PIT)-tags to determine how the waterfall affects their movement.

Read the full case study here: /project/waterfall-effects-native-and-non-native-fish

 

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