Aquatic ecologist says dams are boxing in fish, causing them to disappear from Kansas

28 abril 2015

Several species of fish — including the peppered chub and the plains minnow — were found to be severely declining in the Great Plains. A new article documents a reduction in water flow in Great Plains streams and rivers because of drought, damming and groundwater withdrawals. This is causing a decrease in aquatic diversity in Kansas from stream fragmentation — or stretches of disconnected streams — authors say.
http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/y4XyHCXdZoc/150428105633.htm

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