Potential Impacts of Alterations in Streamflow and Water Quality on Fish and Macroinvertebrates in the Upper Colorado River Basin

doi:10.4324/9781315658476-5

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Potential Impacts of Alterations in Streamflow and Water Quality on Fish and Macroinvertebrates in the Upper Colorado River Basin

ABSTRACT

“The Colorado is probably the most utilized, controlled, and fought over river in the world. It flows through lands of incomparable beauty and includes nearly seven percent of the nation’s contiguous land mass, including parts of seven states. From the time of the early settlers to the present, the water of the Colorado River has been the key to development of the arid region.”