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Considerations in Assessing Flushing Flow Needs in Regulated Stream Systems

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It has long been recognized that the regulation of stream flows can both positively and negatively affect existing fishery habitat and fish populations. This became most apparent in the western states where natural precipitation and runoff patterns had already produced well-defined periods of low streamflow.

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  1. Bechtel Inc., San Francisco, California, USA

    Dudley W. Reiser, Michael P. Ramey & Thomas R. Lambert

  2. Pacific Gas and Electric Company, San Ramon, California, USA

    Thomas R. Lambert

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  1. Freshwater Institute, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

    John F. Craig

  2. Alberta Environment, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

    J. Bryan Kemper

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Reiser, D.W., Ramey, M.P., Lambert, T.R. (1987). Considerations in Assessing Flushing Flow Needs in Regulated Stream Systems. In: Craig, J.F., Kemper, J.B. (eds) Regulated Streams. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5392-8_3

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