It takes more than water: Restoring the Colorado River Delta
Ecological Engineering
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Abstract
Environmental flows have become important tools for restoring rivers and associated riparian ecosystems (Arthington, 2012; Glenn et al., 2017). In March 2014, the United States and Mexico initiated a bold effort in restoration, delivering from Morelos Dam a “pulse flow” of water into the Colorado River in its delta for the purpose of learning about its environmental effects (Flessa et al., 2013; Bark et al., 2016). Specifically, scientists evaluated whether the pulse flow, albeit minuscule compared to historical floods, could provide the ecological functions needed to establish native, flood-dependent vegetation to restore natural habitat along the riparian corridor.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | It takes more than water: Restoring the Colorado River Delta |
| Series title | Ecological Engineering |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2017.05.028 |
| Volume | 106 |
| Issue | B |
| Year Published | 2017 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Contributing office(s) | Southwest Biological Science Center |
| Description | 4 p. |
| First page | 629 |
| Last page | 632 |
| Country | United States |
| Other Geospatial | Colorado River Delta |