GCD AMP - Annual Reporting Meeting Poster Session

Location: Doubletree by Hilton Phoenix North, 10220 N. Metro Pkwy Phoenix, AZ 85051

Tuesday Jan. 23 5:30 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. MDT

POSTER TITLE AUTHORS

Primary production and disturbance dynamics in Glen Canyon tailwaters Ian W. Bishop1, Bridget R. Deemer1, 

Robert O. Hall3, Thomas A. Sabol1

& Charles B. Yackulic1

Topographic Data from Airborne Image Acquisition of Colorado River Corridor 

in Grand Canyon National Park and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area: 

Digital Surface Models for 2002, 2009, 2013 and 2021 and Digital Elevation Model 

for 2021

Nat Bransky2, Joel Sankey1, Keith 

Kohl1, Tom Gushue1

Four Band Image Mosaic of the Colorado River Corridor Downstream of Glen 

Canyon Dam in Arizona Derived from the May 2021 Airborne Image Acquisition Nat Bransky2

, Joel Sankey1, Lori 

Pigue6, Keith Kohl1

Debris flow risk at campsites in Grand Canyon Erica Byerley1 and Thomas Gushue1

Effects of vegetative feedbacks on flood shape, sediment transport, and 

geomorphic change in dryland rivers David Dean1 and David Topping1

Interactions between Colorado River Basin aridification, reservoir storage, and 

environmental resource management along the Colorado River in Grand 

Canyon, Arizona

Paul Grams1, David J. Topping1, 

Gerard Salter1, Robert Tusso1, Matt 

Kaplinski1, and Katherine A. 

Chapman1

Humpback chub growth becomes resource dependent when released from 

temperature limitation

Lindsay E Hansen1, Drew E. 

Eppehimer1, Maria C. Dzul1, Bridget 

R. Deemer1, Charles B. Yackulic1

Hydrodynamic modeling of the Colorado River between Glen Canyon Dam and 

Lees Ferry, Arizona Matt Kaplinski1

Developing a mechanistic modeling framework for aquatic invertebrate 

communities in dammed rivers Angelika L Kurthen4

, Theodore A 

Kennedy1, David A Lytle4

Riparian plant community metrics Emily Palmquist1, Brad Butterfield2, 

and Claudia DiMartini1

Fine sediment modeling for assessing the potential impacts of dam operations 

on the downstream environment Gerard Salter1 and Paul Grams1

Assessing geomorphic change for 454 river km of the Colorado River in Grand 

Canyon, AZ via continuous and high-resolution water surface and bed profiles

Shannon Sartain1, Paul Grams1, Matt 

Kaplinski1, Katie Chapman1, and 

Keith Kohl1

River management influences on archaeological site preservation: Results of 

more than a decade of monitoring geomorphic change along the Colorado River Lauren L. Tango1

, Joel B. Sankey1, 

Joshua Caster1, Helen C. Fairley1

Automating Sensor to Cloud Workflows for Riparian Resources in Grand 

Canyon Joseph Thomas1 and Thomas 

Gushue1

Continuous high-resolution suspended-sediment measurements and on-demand 

sediment budgeting in support of science and resource management David Topping1

Observations of sandbar change during the April 2023 high-flow experiment Robert Tusso1, Paul Grams1, 

Matthew Kaplinski1, and Thomas 

Gushue1

New Population of Humpback chub discovered at Piute Canyon, Little 

Colorado River, AZ David Ward5

1 U.S. Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, Flagstaff, AZ, USA

2Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA

3 Flathead Lake Biological Station, University of Montana, Polson, MT, USA

4 Oregon State University Department of Integrative Biology, Corvallis, Oregon, USA

5 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office, Flagstaff, USA

6 U.S. Geological Survey Astrogeology Science Center