Proposed Index of Biological Integrity and Sampling Strategy for Fish for the Lower Kansas River
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Background In the report to the Kansas Water Authority (KWA), the Kansas River Channel Degradation Technical Advisory Committee included among its recommendations that the State should update studies to evaluate changes in biodiversity in the Kansas River. At the recommendation of the Kansas Water Office, the KWA endorsed providing funding for the completion of an index of biological integrity (IBI) for fish that would be limited to the lower portion of the Kansas River. Funding for this study and report was provided from the State Water Plan Fund (KWO 07-0116; KUCR KAN45500). For this study, the lower Kansas River is downstream of the dam at river mile 51.8 in Lawrence to the rivers confluence with the Missouri River.
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