Response to Request for Technical Assistance – Sediment Mobilization and Flow History in Klamath River below Iron Gate Dam
Title: Response to Request for Technical Assistance – Sediment Mobilization and Flow History in Klamath River below Iron Gate Dam
Category: Technical Memo
File: Shea-et-al_2016_0050_Response-to-Request-for-Tech-Assist–-Sediment-Mobilization-and-Flow.pdf
Updated Date: 09.01.2017
Author(s)/Source(s): Conor Shea, Nicholas J. Hetrick, and Nicholas A. Som,
Publication Date: 2016-Sep-29
Focal Topic: Salmon, In-Stream Flow / Flow Regime
Location: Lower Klamath, Mid Klamath
Watershed Code: 18010209
The focus of this technical memorandum is to summarize the state of knowledge regarding environmental flow releases from the Iron Gate Dam to achieve specific objectives for channel form and ecological function. Other memorandums in this series will address how achieving these objectives will potentially influence various aspects of the C. Shasta life cycle and population. In this technical memorandum, we first summarize the state of knowledge regarding environmental flows to achieve specific objectives for channel form and ecological function. Then, the memorandum reviews estimates of flows necessary for achieving several channel
substrate movement states in the Klamath River below Iron Gate Dam that were developed by three different research teams. The final section of the memorandum examines the frequency,
magnitude, and duration of sediment mobilization flows for the Klamath River below Iron Gate Dam that have occurred since dam construction.
fish disease, C. shasta, instream flows