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Once Glen Canyon Dam was completed in 1963, the Colorado River in its passage through the Grand Canyon would never be the same. Now sealed off at both ends, the Colorado has been transformed into a carefully-tended aquarium, its flow of water controlled and monitored. The effect on the Canyon's physical and biological systems has been extraordinary.Steven Carothers and Bryan Brownboth veteran river runners and scientistsdraw on river history and ecological studies to demonstrate how Canyon life has adjusted to these sweeping environmental alterations. For example, they show how increased growth of algae in the now siltless waters have altered fish populations, and how changes in vegetation have encouraged the return of beavers. Insects, birds, reptilesall have been affected as the Canyon's ecosystem has been redefined by changes in the river's content, temperature, and flow.Recreational use of the Canyon has been altered as well. For the thousands of people who raft down the river each year, the dam has brought the need to account for diurnal rather than seasonal alterations in water flow, as well as the likelihood that changes in debris flow will make rapids increasingly difficult

Author

Carothers, Steven W. (Steven Warren), 1943-; Brown, Bryan T

Publisher

Tucson: University of Arizona Press

Published

1991

Language

EN

ISBN

9780816512324

Subjects

Science, History, Biology