The Southern Instream Flow Network (SIFN), a program of SARP, is teaming with John Kaufman, retired biologist from Va. Dept. of Game and Inland Fisheries, Don Orth and Ryan McManamay of Virginia Tech to conduct a literature review to establish the relationship between biological, biochemical, morphological and functional response to flow alteration.  We are searching the published literature, but what is extremely valuable is the great information (gray literature) that has been unpublished, but exists in your files and memories.  This is where you can play a valuable role.  The information desired follows three types of formats: species responses to flow, ecological guild responses to flows and finally changes in species or communities as a result of changing flow releases.  We plan to use it in the ecological limits of hydrologic alteration process (Eloha).  Data is needed by September 1, 2011.  Funding for this project is provided by the South Atlantic LCC.  If you have files or data to share please contact Ryan McManamay at Rmcmanam@vt.edu, 540-808-8695.  If you are unsure of the data’s usefulness send it to Ryan and we can decide if it can be incorporated into our final document.  Please forward this request to others that may be able to assist.  Thank you!

Detailed descriptions of flow-ecology/flow alteration relationship data are attached below.