An empirically based simulation model to inform flow management for endangered species conservation

• Published in: Canadian journal of fisheries and aquatic sciences Vol. 78; no. 12; pp. 1770 - 1781
• Main Authors: Walsworth, Timothy E, Budy, Phaedra
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 1840 Woodward Drive, Suite 1, Ottawa, ON K2C 0P7 NRC Research Press 01.12.2021; Canadian Science Publishing NRC Research Press
• Subjects: arid lands; Aridity; Climate change; Climatic changes; Conservation; data collection; Density; Drying; Endangered & extinct species; Endangered species; Environment; Environmental aspects; fish; Fish populations; Fishery management; Geomorphology; High flow; Hybognathus amarus; Hydrology; Influence; New Mexico; Populations; Rivers; Simulation; simulation models; Water conservation; Water demand; Water management; Water resources development; Wildlife conservation; United States; United States > US; New Mexico
• ISSN: 0706-652X; 1205-7533; 1205-7533
• DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2020-0353

Increasing water demand, water development, and ongoing climate change have driven extensive changes to the hydrology, geomorphology and biology of arid-land rivers globally, driving an increasing need to understand how annual hydrologic conditions affect the distribution and abundance of imperiled...