Fig. 3.

Designer flow prescription balancing human and ecological objectives from 1992 to 1995 during the wet (high-flow) period. Designer flow prescription indicated by triangle symbol in Fig. 2a. The depicted designer flow heavily prioritized human water needs and focused equally on native species abundance gains and nonnative species abundance losses (90%/5%/5% respective priority split). a Prescribed reservoir volume; b Cumulative plot of historical Animas River inflow (dark blue) and prescribed Navajo Dam releases (light blue), with prescribed water diversions downstream of Navajo Dam overlaid (gray); c Predicted relative abundance gains (blue) or losses (red) of native (above zero axis) and nonnative (below zero axis) fishes in response to flow designs (individual m⁻² on log scale)