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Trophic Gradient Analysis Of Lake Powell During Spring Runoff 1992, Wayne Wurtsbaugh

Wayne A. Wurtsbaugh

Between 26 April and 2 May 1992, students in a utah state university aquatic ecology class visited Lake Powell to do a study of trophic gradients of the reservoir. The main axis of the reservoir was surveyed, as well as less detailed analyses of Moki and Escalante Canyons. The work was conducted in collaboration with personnel from the u.s. Bureau of Reclamation headed by Bill Vernieu, and from the u.s. Geological Survey (Dick Marzolf). Some of their data appear in the physical-chemical section of this report.Each student was responsible for compiling a report on one of the following specific aspects …