| Preliminary Assessment of Factors Influencing Riverine Fish Communities in Massachusetts Contributor(s): U. S. Department of the Interior (Author) |
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ISBN: 1497456118 ISBN-13: 9781497456112 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $16.14 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2014 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Nature |
| Physical Information: 0.12" H x 8.5" W x 11.02" (0.35 lbs) 58 pages |
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| Publisher Description: The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (MDCR), Massachusetts Department of Environmental Pro-tection (MDEP), and the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game (MDFG), conducted a preliminary investigation of fish communities in small- to medium-sized Massachusetts streams. The objective of this investigation was to determine relations between fish-community characteristics and anthro-pogenic alteration, including flow alteration and impervious cover, relative to the effect of physical basin and land-cover (environmental) characteristics. Fish data were obtained for 756 fish-sampling sites from the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife fish-community database. A review of the literature was used to select a set of fish metrics responsive to flow alteration. |
