Springs ecosystem classification

LE Stevens, ER Schenk, AE Springer - Ecological Applications, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Springs ecosystems are globally abundant, geomorphologically diverse, and bio‐culturally
productive, but are highly imperiled by anthropogenic activities. More than a century of …

Diverse portfolios: Investing in tributaries for restoration of large river fishes in the Anthropocene

KL Bouska, BD Healy, MJ Moore, CG Dunn… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Rehabilitation of large Anthropocene rivers requires engagement of diverse stakeholders
across a broad range of sociopolitical boundaries. Competing objectives often constrain …

[HTML][HTML] Utilizing anthropogenic compounds and geochemical tracers to identify preferential structurally controlled groundwater pathways influencing springs in Grand …

KR Beisner, NV Paretti, JR Jasmann… - Journal of Hydrology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Study region This study focuses on the Colorado River watershed in the area along the
South Rim of the Grand Canyon. Study focus This study utilizes anthropogenic chemical …

Elevated Grand Canyon groundwater recharge during the warm Early Holocene

MS Lachniet, X Du, SG Dee, Y Asmerom, VJ Polyak… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Summer rainfall is an important contributor to water budgets in western North American
deserts, where intense rainfall sustains ecosystems while also causing flash floods and …

Forest restoration as a strategy to mitigate climate impacts on wildfire, vegetation, and water in semiarid forests

FC O'Donnell, WT Flatley, AE Springer… - Ecological …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change and wildfire are interacting to drive vegetation change and potentially
reduce water quantity and quality in the southwestern United States, Forest restoration is a …

Hydrotectonics of Grand Canyon Groundwater

LJ Crossey, KE Karlstrom, B Curry… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
The Grand Canyon provides a deeply dissected view of the aquifers of the Colorado Plateau
and its public and tribal lands. Stacked sandstone and karst aquifers are vertically …

Rethinking groundwater flow on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, USA: characterizing recharge sources and flow paths with environmental tracers

JE Solder, KR Beisner, J Anderson, DJ Bills - Hydrogeology Journal, 2020 - Springer
In the arid landscape south of the Grand Canyon, natural springs and seeps are a critical
resource for endemic species and Native American tribes. Groundwater is potentially …

An assessment of uranium in groundwater in the Grand Canyon region

FD Tillman, KR Beisner, JR Anderson, JA Unema - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract The Grand Canyon region in northern Arizona is a home or sacred place of origin
for many Native Americans and is visited by over 6 million tourists each year. Most …

Life and death in a dynamic environment: Invasive trout, floods, and intraspecific drivers of translocated populations

BD Healy, P Budy, MM Conner… - Ecological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the relative strengths of intrinsic and extrinsic factors regulating populations
is a long‐standing focus of ecology and critical to advancing conservation programs for …

Springs and springs-dependent taxa of the Colorado River basin, southwestern North America: geography, ecology and human impacts

LE Stevens, J Jenness, JD Ledbetter - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
The Colorado River basin (CRB), the primary water source for southwestern North America,
is divided into the 283,384 km2, water-exporting Upper CRB (UCRB) in the Colorado …