Water Storage Decisions and Consumptive Use May Constrain Ecosystem Management under Severe Sustained Drought

Lindsey A. Bruckerhoff; Kevin Wheeler; Kimberly L. DibbleBryce A. MihalevichBethany T. NeilsonJian WangCharles B. YackulicJohn C. Schmidt

首页> 外文期刊>Journal of the American Water Resources Association >Water Storage Decisions and Consumptive Use May Constrain Ecosystem Management under Severe Sustained Drought

【24h】

Water Storage Decisions and Consumptive Use May Constrain Ecosystem Management under Severe Sustained Drought

机译：Water Storage Decisions and Consumptive Use May Constrain Ecosystem Management under Severe Sustained Drought

获取原文

获取原文并翻译 | 示例

掌桥外文数据库（机构版） >>

开具论文收录证明 >>

文献代查 >>

页面导航

摘要
著录项
相关主题

摘要

Drought has impacted the Colorado River basin for the past 20 years and is predicted to continue. In response, decisions about how much water should be stored in large reservoirs and how much water can be consumptively used will be necessary. These decisions have the potential to limit riverine ecosystem management options through the effect water-supply decisions have on reservoir elevations. We used projected hydrology and river temperatures to compare the outcome of combinations of water storage scenarios and consumptive use limits on metrics associated with ecosystem management of the Colorado River in Grand Canyon. Ecosystem management metrics included the ability to implement designer flows, temperature suitability for fishes, and fragmentation. We compared current water management operations to prioritizing storage in either Lake Mead or Lake Powell combined with three levels of consumptive use. Projected reservoir levels limited environmental flow delivery and increased fragmentation regardless of where water was stored if consumptive use was not limited. Warmer river temperatures associated with low reservoir levels are likely, creating suitable conditions for non-native species of concern, such as smallmouth bass. Water storage decisions provided variability and management flexibility, but water storage was less important when less water was available, highlighting the importance of keeping water in the system to provide flexibility for achieving ecosystem goals.

著录项

来源
《Journal of the American Water Resources Association》 |2022年第5期|654-672|共19页
作者
Lindsey A. Bruckerhoff; Kevin Wheeler; Kimberly L. DibbleBryce A. MihalevichBethany T. NeilsonJian WangCharles B. YackulicJohn C. Schmidt;
展开▼
作者单位

U.S. Geological Survey;

klahoma Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Oklahoma State University Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA Environmental Change Institute and Oxford Martin School;

University of Oxford Oxford, UK U.S. Geological SurveySouthwest Biological Science Center, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center Flagstaff, Arizona, USA Utah Water Research LaboratoryDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Utah State University Logan, Utah, USA and Department of Watershed Sciences;

展开▼
收录信息
原文格式 PDF
正文语种英语
中图分类
关键词
river temperature; fish; flow regime; designer flows; reservoir management; climate change; fragmentation; Colorado River; water policy;

Water Storage Decisions and Consumptive Use May Constrain Ecosystem Management under Severe Sustained Drought

摘要

著录项

相关主题

期刊订阅