Protocol for Monitoring Fish Assemblages in Pacific Northwest National Parks: Chapter 7 of Section A, Biological Science- Book 2, Collection of Environmental Data
Brenkman SJ and Connolly PJ. 2008. Protocol for Monitoring Fish Assemblages in Pacific Northwest National Parks: Chapter 7 of Section A, Biological Science- Book 2, Collection of Environmental Data. Techniques and Methods 2-A7. U.S. Geological Survey. Reston, Virginia
From the Executive Summary: "Rivers and streams that drain from Olympic, Mount Rainier, and North Cascades National Parks are among the most protected corridors in the lower 48 States, and represent some of the largest tracks of continguius, undisturbed habitat throughout the range of several key fish species of the Pacific Northwest. These watersheds are of high regional importance as freshwater habitat sanctuaries for native fish, where habitat conditions are characterized as having little to no disturbance from developement, channelization, impervious surfaces, roads, diversions, or hydroelectric projects. ... This protocol describes procedures to monitor trends in fish assemblages, fish abundance, and water temperature in eight rivers and five wadeable streams in Olympic National Park during summer months, and is based on 4 years of field testing."
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Brenkman, Samuel; Connolly, Patrick
- Date of Issue
- 2008
- Publisher
- U.S. Geological Survey
- Units
- IMDP , OLYM
- Keywords
- Abundance, Age, assemblage, Bogachiel River, Community, Dosewallips River, Fish, fish monitoring, Hoh River, Inventory & Monitoring, Migration, Monitoring, NCCN Monitoring Protocol, Non-Native, Protocol, Quinault River, River, Salmon, Size, Skokomish River, snorkel, Sol Duc River, Species Composition, Stream, Survey, Threatened, Water Temperature
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Freshwater Communities , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Fishes