New Research on Reservoir Flows & Fish Incubation from Anderson and Colleagues
Posted: 4/1/2022 (CSDE in the News)
Allocating reservoir flows to meet societal and ecosystem needs under increasing water demands and climatic variability presents challenges to resource managers. Often, rivers have been regulated to meet flow and temperature compliance points or mimic historical patterns. In a new publication, CSDE Affiliate James Anderson and several co-authors describe a model for fish incubation survival based on the premise that mortality from thermal stress occurs over a critical window of embryo development.