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Monitoring Fish Diversity In Massies Creek, Ohio, Connor J. Gilmour, Jenelle C. Krob, Angela Mccain, Mark A. Gathany
Monitoring Fish Diversity In Massies Creek, Ohio, Connor J. Gilmour, Jenelle C. Krob, Angela Mccain, Mark A. Gathany
The Research and Scholarship Symposium (2013-2019)
Streams are susceptible to numerous threats to their water quality and biodiversity. In our region of southwest Ohio a major driver of these impacts is associated with current and past agricultural practices. These changes include straightening, embanking, dredging, and removal of large rocks and woody debris, increased erosion, and non-point source pollution. These structural and chemical impacts are known to significantly affect biodiversity in these streams. This means a greater understanding of stream ecology is of utter importance to places such as Greene County, Ohio due to the prevalence of agricultural practices in the landscape. In 2010 a 2.2 mile …
Evaluation Of Massie’S Creek Habitat And Water Quality, Kaitlyn Sturm, Amiah Warder, Malorie Young, Mark A. Gathany
Evaluation Of Massie’S Creek Habitat And Water Quality, Kaitlyn Sturm, Amiah Warder, Malorie Young, Mark A. Gathany
The Research and Scholarship Symposium (2013-2019)
In November of 2009, Greene County completed a restoration project on the North Fork of Massie Creek. This project was designed to address “...erosion and water quality concerns, improve drainage, and restore the habitat of NFMC”. The project worked to “...stabilize the stream banks, create riffle/pool habitat, and restore and enhance vegetation along a 2.2-mile long segment of the creek”. The project was finalized with seeding the area in January of 2010. Now four years later we will evaluate the aquatic habitats, macroinvertebrate biodiversity, and water quality in the restored (North Fork) and unrestored (South Fork) segments of Massie’s Creek …