Endangered and threatened species of the Platte River / Committee on Endangered and Threatened Species in the Platte River Basin, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Water Science and Technology Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies.
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TextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2005.Description: 1 online resource (xxxiv, 298 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 0309532639
- 9780309532631
- Endangered species -- Nebraska -- Platte River Watershed
- Freshwater ecology -- Nebraska -- Platte River Watershed
- Riparian animals -- Nebraska -- Platte River Watershed
- Platte River Watershed (Neb.)
- Écologie d'eau douce -- Nebraska -- Platte, Bassin de la
- Faune ripicole -- Nebraska -- Platte, Bassin de la
- Platte, Bassin de la (Nebr.)
- NATURE -- Endangered Species
- Endangered species
- Freshwater ecology
- Riparian animals
- Nebraska -- Platte River Watershed
- 578.68 22
- QL84.22.N32 E63 2005eb
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" ... supported by ... National Academy of Sciences and the Fish and Wildlife Service and Bureau of Reclamation ..."--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-275).
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Regional Context for Water and Species -- Geography -- Human Use of Platte River Basin -- Hydrological Changes -- Conflicts -- Groundwater -- Riparian Vegetation Changes -- General Species Responses to European Settlement -- Law, Science, and Management Decisions -- Legal and Institutional Background -- Science and Uncertainty -- Water Management: Connecting Law and Science -- Lessons for the Platte From Other Water Conflicts -- Scientific Data for the Platte River Ecosystem -- Science and Management Targets for Species -- Basic Connections in the Platte River Ecosystem -- A Model for River and Habitat Change -- The Platte River as an Ecosystem -- Whooping Crane -- Historical and Ecological Context -- Difficulties in Defining Critical Habitat for the Whooping Crane -- Current Databases -- Characteristics of Critical Habitat -- What do Whooping Cranes Gain from Central Platte Habitats? -- Piping Plover and Interior Least Tern -- Piping Plover -- Interior Least Tern -- Pallid Sturgeon -- Species Distribution -- Reproduction and Population Trends -- Habitat Components Required for Survival -- Current Platte River Conditions -- Recovery of Pallid Sturgeon -- Importance of the Lower Platte River to Pallid Sturgeon -- Committee's Findings -- Biographical Information on Committee Members -- Bird Species of Conservation Concern in Nebraska -- Confirmed Whooping Crane Sightings in Central Platte River Study Area, 1942-2003 -- Input Data for Figures 5-6A and 5-6B.
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