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Prioritizing Stream Barrier Removal to Maximize Connected Aquatic Habitat and Minimize Water Scarcity

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Title Prioritizing Stream Barrier Removal to Maximize Connected Aquatic Habitat and Minimize Water Scarcity
Creator Kraft, Maggi Rosenberg, David E. Null, Sarah E.
Description Instream barriers, such as dams, culverts, and diversions, alter hydrologic processes and aquatic habitat. Removing uneconomical and aging instream barriers is increasingly used for river restoration. Historically, selection of barrier removal projects used score-and-rank techniques, ignoring cumulative change and the spatial structure of stream networks. Likewise, most water supply models prioritize either human water uses or aquatic habitat, failing to incorporate both human and...
Date 2019-01-11T08:00:00Z
Type text
Identifier https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wats_facpub/1135 info:doi/10.1111/1752-1688.12718
Source Watershed Sciences Faculty Publications
Publisher Hosted by Utah State University Libraries
Contributor Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc.
Subject connectivity optimization restoration river river network trout

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