AQUATIC FAUNA OF THE NORTHERN CHIHUAHUAN DESERT

Contributed Papers from a Special Session
Thirty-Third Annual Symposium
Desert Fishes Council

17 November 2001

Sul Ross State University, Alpine, Texas

Museum of Texas Tech University
Special Publication Number 46
Published 12 May 2003

Edited by

Gary P. Garrett and Nathan L. Allan

 

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Title Page/ Publication Info / Acknowledgements / Table of Contents / Foreword (278 kb)

Groundwater systems feeding the springs of West Texas, p. 1 (2343 kb)

J.M. Sharp, Jr., R. Boghici, and M.M. Uliana

Contemporary water supply in West Texas as an example for the northern Chihuahuan Desert, p. 13 (1023 kb)

K. Urbanczyk

Hydrology and geomorphology of the Rio Grande and implications for river rehabilitation, p. 25 (2061 kb)

J.C. Schmidt, B.L. Everitt, and G.A. Richard

Gammarid amphipods of northern Chihuahuan Desert spring systems: an imperiled fauna, p. 47 (1368 kb)

B.K. Lang, V. Gervaiso, D.J. Berg, S.I. Guttman, N.L. Allan, M.E. Gordon, and G. Warrick

Declining status of freshwater mussels in the Rio Grande, with comments on other bivalves, p. 59 (1289 kb)

R.G. Howells

Fish assemblages of the Río Conchos Basin, México, with emphasis on their conservation and status, p. 75 (1116 kb)

R.J. Edwards, G.P. Garrett, and E. Marsh-Matthews

Historical and recent fish fauna of the lower Pecos River, p. 91 (1619 kb)

C.W. Hoagstrom

Pupfishes of the northern Chihuahuan Desert: status and conservation, p. 111 (1564 kb)

A.A. Echelle, A.F. Echelle, S. Contreras Balderas, and Ma. de L. Lozano Vilano

Spring-endemic Gambusia of the Chihuahuan Desert, p. 127 (718 kb)

C. Hubbs

My favorite old fishing holes in West Texas: where did they go?, p. 135 (573 kb)

J.F. Scudday

Aquatic conservation and The Nature Conservancy in West Texas, p. 141 (1010 kb)

J. Karges

Innovative approaches to recover endangered species, p. 151 (914)

G.P. Garrett

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Sharp, Jr., J.M., R. Boghici, and M.M. Uliana.  2003.  Groundwater systems feeding the springs of West Texas.  In, G.P. Garrett and N.L. Allan, eds. Aquatic fauna of the northern Chihuahuan Desert.  Museum of Texas Tech University, Special Publications 46:1-11.