Colorado River Ecology and Dam Management

Committee to Review the Glen Canyon Environmental Studies, Water Science and Technology Board, National Research Council

• 1 Front Matter; 2 Committee Synopsis/Findings and Recommendations; 3 The Law and Politics of the Operation of Glen Canyon Dam; 4 The Role of Science in Natural Resource Management: The Case fr the Colorado River; 5 Hydrology of Glen Canyon and the Grand Canyon; 6 Sediment Transport in the Colorado River Basin; 7 Limnology of Lake Powell and the Chemistry of the Colorado River; 8 Algal and Invertebrate Biota in the Colorado River: Comparison of Pre- and Post-Dam Conditions; 9 Native Fishes of the Grand Canyon Region: An Obituary?; 10 Historic Changes in Vegetation Along the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon; 11 Reservoir Operations; 12 A Brief History of the Glen Canyon Environmental Studies; 13 Glen Canyon Environmental Studies Research Program: Past, Present, and Future; 14 Closing Remarks; 15 Appendix A: Symposium Program; 16 Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members; 17 Appendix C: Symposium Invitees; 18 Appendix D: Glen Canyon Environmental Studies Technical Reports