Northern Colorado Plateau Network riparian monitoring of wadeable streams SOPs: 2009 field season

Northern Colorado Plateau Network. 2009. Northern Colorado Plateau Network riparian monitoring of wadeable streams SOPs: 2009 field season

This document contains the Northern Colorado Plateau Network (NCPN) riparian monitoring of wadeable streams SOPs used during the 2009 field season. The following SOPs are included: SOP 1: Preparation for the Field Season SOP 3: Using Global Positioning System (GPS) Units SOP 4: Establishing the Sample Reach SOP 5: Relocating and Setting Up Vegetation Transects SOP 6: Measuring Understory and Surface Features Using a Point Intercept Transect SOP 7: Measuring Shrubs Using a Line Intercept Transect SOP 8: Measuring Exotic Perennial Density, Tree Density and Canopy Closure in a 5-m Belt Transect SOP 9: Measuring Trees in a Reach Census SOP 10: Unknown Plants SOP 11: Repeat Photographs SOP 12: Site Assessment SOP 13: Assessing channel substrate size using a pebble count SOP 15: Revising the Protocol Narrative and SOPs

Type
Standard Operating Procedure
Authors
Northern Colorado Plateau Network
Date of Issue
2009
Units
ARCH , CARE , NABR , NCPN , ZION
Keywords
Geomorphology, Hydrology, Monitoring, Plant Studies, Riparian, Vegetation
Subjects
Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Geomorphology | Stream/River Channel Characteristics , Ecological Framework: Water | Hydrology | Groundwater Dynamics , Ecological Framework: Water | Hydrology | Surface Water Dynamics , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Riparian Communities

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