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Interacting Effects of Minimum Flow and Fluctuating Shorelines on Benthic Stream Insects

University of Idaho Digital Collections

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Title Interacting Effects of Minimum Flow and Fluctuating Shorelines on Benthic Stream Insects
Creator Brusven, M.A.; Trihey, E.F.
Date 1978-08-01
Coverage Clearwater River 46.5, -116.69
Subject benthos; dam effects; hydroelectric plants
Description A 50 mile (80 km) reach of the Clearwater River, Idaho was studied from its confluence with the Snake River upstream to Orofino, Idaho. The study examined two important changes in the River: 1) effects of hydropower releases from Dworshak Dam on the aquatic insect community in the free flowing reach of the Clearwater River, and 2) backwater effects of Lower Granite Dam on benthos in the lower five miles (8 km) of the Clearwater River. As result of the operational mode of Dworshak Dam, late...
Relation IWRRI
Contributor Idaho Water Resources Research Institute; IWRRI
Publisher University of Idaho
Language eng
Rights Rights to the digital resource are held by the University of Idaho. http://www.uidaho.edu/
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Identifier http://digital.lib.uidaho.edu/cdm/ref/collection/idahowater/id/501

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