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Relationships Between Habitat Variables And Biotic Integrity Of The Embarras River Basin, Ann Marie Hogan
Relationships Between Habitat Variables And Biotic Integrity Of The Embarras River Basin, Ann Marie Hogan
Masters Theses
In agricultural watersheds, channelization and the conversion of native vegetation into agricultural crops contribute to a loss or simplification of near-stream vegetation and a reduction in the complexity of the physical stream environment. Since changes to near-stream vegetation can have a significant effect on the stream biological community, this study investigated the relationship between a habitat quality index and stream fish assessment indices used to evaluate stream quality. Fish data and stream habitat quality data were collected from 13 sampling localities associated with the Embarras River basin. Habitat quality was measured using the Stream Habitat Assessment Procedure (SHAP), while stream …