Razorback sucker recruitment in Lake Mead, Nevada–Arizona, why here?

Figures & data

Figure 1 Lake Mead and general study area locations.

Figure 2 Collection of pectoral fin ray and recaptured razorback sucker with healed fin.

Figure 3 Lake Mead month-end elevations, January 1980 to May 2008.

Figure 4 Lake Mead hydrograph from January 1935 to June 2008 with the number of aged razorback sucker that were spawned each year through 2005 (gray bars) and through 2008 (black bars).

Figure 5 Turbidity (a) and percent cover (b) comparisons from Echo Bay (EB) and Las Vegas Bay (LVB) in Lake Mead and Arizona Bay (AZB), Tequila Cove (TQC), and Trail Rapids Bay in Lake Mohave during May 2000-2002, as applicable.