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Evaluating Water Temperature, Habitat and Fish Communities in Candidate Coolwater Streams in Illinois. Annual Project Report 2008.

Hinz, Leon C., Jr.; Metzke, Brian A.; Holtrop, Ann Marie; Epifanio, John M.

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Title
Evaluating Water Temperature, Habitat and Fish Communities in Candidate Coolwater Streams in Illinois. Annual Project Report 2008.
Author(s)
  • Hinz, Leon C., Jr.
  • Metzke, Brian A.
  • Holtrop, Ann Marie
  • Epifanio, John M.
Issue Date
2008-12-16
Keyword(s)
  • coolwater fish
  • temperature monitoring
  • INHS Division of Ecology and Conservation Science
  • Department of Natural Resources
  • Science in support of ecosystem management and conservation
  • Science in support of threatened and endangered species
  • Science in support of understanding biodiversity and organismal ecology and life histories
Abstract
Work during this reporting period focused on characterizing temperature, habitat, and biological communities at candidate sites. During the past year we have collected additional temperature data from 39 candidate streams and other locations and now have records from 153 stream reaches. Thirty-one sites in Illinois have been identified as cool- or coldwater based on these records. Physical habitat surveys have been conducted at 54 sites where temperature data were available. Fish and macroinvertebrate data were obtained from the cooperative basin survey program data managers for candidate sites whenever possible. These data were supplemented this year with fish and macroinvertebrate samples from eleven additional sites where temperature records suggest coolwater thermal regimes but other information was unavailable. A twelve month no cost extension was requested during this reporting period. This report summaries progress for the period beginning 30 September 2007 and ending 29 September 2008.
Publisher
Division of Ecology and Conservation Science
Series/Report Name or Number
  • State Wildlife Grant (SWIG)
  • Technical Report INHS 2008 (54)
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/18140
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INHS Technical Report Prepared for Department of Natural Resources
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This document is a product of the Illinois Natural History Survey, and has been selected and made available by the Illinois Natural History Survey and the University Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It is intended solely for noncommercial research and educational use, and proper attribution is requested.

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