Testing common stream sampling methods for broad-scale, long-term monitoring

USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report RMRS-GTR

Volumn , Issue 122 RMRS-GTR, 2004, Pages 1-19

  Archer, Eric K ^a   Roper, Brett B ^b   Henderson, Richard C ^a,c   Bouwes, Nick ^d,e,f   Chad Mellison, S ^d   Kershner, Jeffrey L ^a,b  

^a Fish and Aquatic Ecology Unit   (United States)

^b Fish and Aquatic Ecology Unit

^c PACFISH/INFISH Effectiveness Monitoring Project

^d UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Earth Resource Department

^f Utah State University ^*

Author keywords

Columbia River Basin; Habitat; Measurement; Seasonal variability

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HABITAT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAM CHANNEL; STREAMWATER; TESTING METHOD; WOODY DEBRIS;

COLUMBIA BASIN; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34247400700     PISSN: 02775786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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