kootenai river floodplain ecosystem operational loss（river kootenai floodplain ecosystem operational loss）.docVIP

Section 10. Narrative Project ID: 200201100 Title: Kootenai River Floodplain Ecosystem Operational Loss Assessment, Protection, Mitigation, and Rehabilitation project ABSTRACT: Damming of rivers represents a cataclysmic event for large river-floodplain ecosystems. By altering water, sediment, and nutrient flow dynamics, dams interrupt and alter a rivers important habitat conditions and ecological processes in aquatic, riparian, floodplain and surrounding terrestrial environments. These environments, their life-supporting ecological functions, and the persistence of their floral and fa