Freshwater Fish Inventory: Northeast National Parks, 1999-2001, 2003 Narrative Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site
Mather ME, Norris AJ, Carey MP. 2003. Freshwater Fish Inventory: Northeast National Parks, 1999-2001, 2003 Narrative Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site
Simplified and more readable report of results of 1999-2001 freshwater fish inventory data collected at Saint-Gaudens NHS. Relationship between this 2003 narrative and the previous 2002 summary. Herein, we review and interpret the detailed data collected in the freshwater fish inventory. The original report, distributed to all NP5 personnel related to this project in April 2002, was written in three volumes. The details and data presented in the present narrative report, hereafter referred to as "2003 Narrative," are the same as reported previously in the 2002 reports with the addition of some requested corrections. This present narrative report was written to be more readable and thus is greatly simplified. For more details on any of the data trends reviewed here, the reader can consult the 2002 Original Final Report. In order that this 2003 Narrative be compatible with the 2002 Original Final Report, all trends reviewed here are referenced both in this 2003 Narrative and in the 2002 Original Final Report. Relative to the inventory and monitoring components of the project, our objectives were as follows. First, we compiled existing information on past activities and surveys that relate to freshwater fish in each park. Our next objective relative to inventory and monitoring was to determine the composition of fish communities in all major habitats Objectives 4-5 from the original proposal (#4 sample select resources across season, assess trophic structure/functional ecology; #5 analyze these data to construct a conceptual functional model of how things work; Original proposal objectives 4-5, April 1997, p. 4) were undertaken only at select times and only in the Cape Cod National Seashore kettle ponds. Herein, we review and interpret the detailed data collected in the freshwater fish inventory. The original report, distributed to all NP5 personnel related to this project in April 2002, was written in three volumes: (1) Freshwater Fish Inventory for Northeast National Parks Final Report, 1999-2001, hereafter referred to as the "2002 Original Final Report"; (2) Freshwater Fish Inventory for Northeast National Parks Fish Key 1999-2001 (hereafter referred to as the "2002 Fish Key"); and (3) Freshwater Fish Inventory for Northeast National Parks Appendix 1999-2001 (hereafter referred to as the "2002 Appendix"). The details and data presented in the present narrative report, hereafter referred to as "2003 Narrative," are the same as reported previously in the 2002 reports with the addition of some requested corrections. This present narrative report was written to be more readable and thus is greatly simplified. For more details on any of the data trends reviewed here, the reader can consult the 2002 Original Final Report. In order that this 2003 narrative be compatible with the 2002 Original Final Report, all trends reviewed here are referenced both in this 2003 narrative and in the 2002 Original Final Report.
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Mather, Martha; Norris, Alicia; Carey, Michael
- Date of Issue
- 2003
- Units
- NETN , SAGA
- Keywords
- aquatic systems, Assessment, Community, Freshwater Fish, Inventory, Protocols, Species List