Assessing Impacts of Water Management on Reservoir Fish Reproductive Success in the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa/ Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basins.

Abstract

The Tri-State Comprehensive Water Management Study is a joint effort by Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and the U.S. Army Engineer District, Mobile. The objective is to assess effects of current and proposed water-management strategies on various uses of the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa (ACT) and Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) river basins. Our part of the study was to derive regression models for evaluating effects of water-resource alternatives on fish reproductive success, as indexed by catches of young fish in a variety of gears, in ACT/ACF impoundments. Our approach was similar to an analysis of fish-population responses in Missouri River reservoirs (Ploskey et al. 1993). It involves using correlation and multiple-regression techniques and requires adequate historical hydrologic and fishery data.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA318110

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  • Gene R. Ploskey
  • Thomas R. Reinert

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  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies

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  • Correlation Analysis
  • Digital Information
  • Engineers
  • Fish
  • Fisheries
  • Flood Control
  • Geography
  • Habitats
  • Missouri River
  • Natural Resources
  • Teamwork
  • United States
  • Water Resources
  • Waterways
  • Wildlife

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  • Aquatic Ecology
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Riverine Ecology