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Hierarchical Framework for Wadeable Stream Management and Conservation: Annual Report 2012

Hinz, Leon C., Jr.

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Title
Hierarchical Framework for Wadeable Stream Management and Conservation: Annual Report 2012
Author(s)
Hinz, Leon C., Jr.
Issue Date
2012-08-28
Keyword(s)
  • Stream Classification
  • Ecological Drainage Units
  • Illinois Natural Areas Inventory
  • Natural Community Types
  • Fishes
  • Mussels
  • EPT
Abstract
Work focused on obtaining and integrating existing data for biological assemblages with our current GIS infrastructure and reviewing existing classification efforts within Illinois (e.g., National Fish Habitat Partnership [Esselman et al. 2011]; Upper Mississippi River Basin Assessment [Khoury et al. 2011]). Fish and mussel data were prepared for formalizing Ecological Drainage Units (EDU) and developing Aquatic Ecological System (AES) units during this reporting period. We have also expanded our taxonomic resolution by adding information from the Illinois Natural History Survey (INHS) collections database for aquatic macroinvertebrates ( Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Trichoptera or collectively EPT) throughout Illinois. Work on this project was mainly conducted by one full time research scientist for the majority of the reporting period due to staffing constraints associated with existing projects. A graduate student (part-time) was hired to assist with incorporating EPT records from the INHS collections with our other data. In the second year of the project we plan to increase staffing by adding a second full time staff member to focus on defining aquatic ecological systems (Job 3) and classifying valley segments (Job 4).
Publisher
Illinois Natural History Survey
Series/Report Name or Number
  • Hierarchical Framework for Wadeable Stream Management and Conservation
  • Technical Report INHS 2012 (25)
Type of Resource
text
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/33792
Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)
IDNR State Wildlife Grant Program
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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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Technical Reports - Illinois Natural History Survey PRIMARY
Reports produced by INHS staff, usually as deliverables for assessment projects funded by federal or state agencies or non-governmental organizations.