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| Title | Stream Biological Assessments (Benthic Macroinvertebrates) for Watershed Analysis/Mid-Sol Duc Water | |||
| Month-Year Published | November 1998 | |||
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| Short Description |
A method was developed for surveying current biological conditions in a watershed and interpreting the results. The biological condition of five streams was compared to several watershed scale assessments. (Also see abstract below) | |||
| Publication Number | 98-334 | |||
| Author(s) | Plotnikoff, R. | |||
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| Number of pages | 77 pp. | |||
| Keywords | assessment, benthic, biological, flow, invertebrates, macroinvertebrates, pH, sediment, stream, stream bioassessment, temperature, water, watershed | |||
| Subject Waterbodies |
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| Related Publications | Title | Relationship | ||
| Instream Biological Assessment Monitoring Protocols: Benthic Macroinvertebrates | similar topic | |||
| Ambient Monitoring Instream Biological Assessment: Progress Report of 1993 Pilot Survey | similar topic | |||
| Taxonomic Laboratory Protocol for Stream Macroinvertebrates Collected by the Washington State Department of Ecology | similar topic | |||
| Using Invertebrates to Assess the Quality of Washington Streams and to Describe Biological Expectations | similar topic | |||
| Biological Assessment of Small Streams in the Coast Range Ecoregion & the Yakima River Basin | similar topic | |||
| The Relationship Between Stream Macroinvertebrates and Salmon in the Quilceda/Allen Drainage | similar topic | |||
| Abstract | Long Description |
A method was developed for surveying current biological conditions in a watershed and interpreting the results. The biological condition of five streams was compared to several watershed scale assessments. Benthic macroinvertebrate communities were evaluated using biometric analysis and site condition was determined using diagnostic flow charts. The survey of benthic macroinvertebrates identified three categories of risk from further changes to current watershed condition. Biological response to temperature and sediment condition were identified as influential physical features to macroinvertebrates in this watershed. Minor impairment to the biological community was identified at sites where physical changes to the stream were not obvious. Macroinvertebrate surveys in five stream settings were able to describe the vulnerability of stream biota and the physical variables that would further degrade the communities. |
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