Waterfall Effects Handout

Waterfall Effects Handout
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Waterfall Effects on Native and Non-Native Fish Movement in the San Juan River CART Case Study Handout

River managers stock Razorback Sucker (RS; Xyrauchen texanus) and Colorado Pikeminnow (CP; Ptychocheilus lucius) as part of the species’ recovery plans. The San Juan River Basin Recovery Implementation Program (SJRRIP) moved stocked CP and RS upstream of the waterfall, then implanted them with passive integrated transponder (PIT)-tags to determine how the waterfall affects their movement.

Read the full case study here: https://www.fws.gov/project/waterfall-effects-native-and-non-native-fish

 

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