Lost, a desert river and its native fishes: A historical perspective of the lower Colorado River

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Field	Value
Title	Lost, a desert river and its native fishes: A historical perspective of the lower Colorado River
Creator	Mueller, Gordon A.; Marsh, Paul C.
Subject	Fishes; History; Aquatic biology;
Coverage	Colorado River (Wyo.-Utah); Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); Colorado
Description	The Colorado River had one of the most unique fish communities in the world. Seventy-five percent of those species were found no where else in the world. Settlement of the lower basin brought dramatic changes to both the river and its native fish. Those changes began more than 120 years ago as settlers began stocking nonnative fishes. By 1930, nonnative fish had spread throughout the lower basin and replaced native communities. All resemblance of historic river conditions faded with the...
Publisher	U. S. Geological Survey
Contributor	Arizona State University Department of Biology
Date	2002
Type	text
Format	application/pdf
Source	Mueller, Gordon A.; Marsh, Paul C., Lost, a desert river and its native fishes: A historical perspective of the lower Colorado River, Fort Collins, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Information and Technology Report 2002-0010, 69 p.
Language	eng
Rights	Public Domain, Courtesy of the USGS
Identifier	http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/wwdl-er/id/248

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