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Georeferenced Riverine Habitat Mapping In The Big South Fork National River And Recreation Area, James Bryan Mcconkey
Georeferenced Riverine Habitat Mapping In The Big South Fork National River And Recreation Area, James Bryan Mcconkey
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Abstract
This project describes the development of a river habitat map of the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area (BISO NRRA) using GPS-based video mapping and image georeferencing techniques. The Big South Fork of the Cumberland River and major tributaries have been floated and mapped with GPS, sonar, and georeferenced under and above water video cameras. Video footage is interpreted for physical bedforms and compiled in an ArcGIS attribute table that can be queried for species specific habitat location.
Underwater video mapping system (UVMS) bedform data includes river characteristic (pool, riffle, run), substrate (bedrock, fines/sand, gravel, cobble, and …