Съдържание:
  • Regional Context for Water and Species
  • Geography
  • Human Use of Platte River Basin
  • Hydrological Changes
  • Conflicts
  • Groundwater
  • Riparian Vegetation Changes
  • General Species Responses to European Settlement
  • Law, Science, and Management Decisions
  • Legal and Institutional Background
  • Science and Uncertainty
  • Water Management: Connecting Law and Science
  • Lessons for the Platte From Other Water Conflicts
  • Scientific Data for the Platte River Ecosystem
  • Science and Management Targets for Species
  • Basic Connections in the Platte River Ecosystem
  • A Model for River and Habitat Change
  • The Platte River as an Ecosystem
  • Whooping Crane
  • Historical and Ecological Context
  • Difficulties in Defining Critical Habitat for the Whooping Crane
  • Current Databases
  • Characteristics of Critical Habitat
  • What do Whooping Cranes Gain from Central Platte Habitats?
  • Piping Plover and Interior Least Tern
  • Piping Plover
  • Interior Least Tern
  • Pallid Sturgeon
  • Species Distribution
  • Reproduction and Population Trends
  • Habitat Components Required for Survival
  • Current Platte River Conditions
  • Recovery of Pallid Sturgeon
  • Importance of the Lower Platte River to Pallid Sturgeon
  • Committee's Findings
  • Biographical Information on Committee Members
  • Bird Species of Conservation Concern in Nebraska
  • Confirmed Whooping Crane Sightings in Central Platte River Study Area, 1942-2003
  • Input Data for Figures 5-6A and 5-6B.