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Abstract
The National Biological Service's Leetown Science Center is investigating how human impacts on watershed, riparian, and in-stream habitats affect fish communities. The research will provide the basis for a Ridge and Valley model that will allow resource managers to accurately predict and effectively mitigate human impacts on water quality. The study takes place in the Opequon Creek drainage basin of West Virginia. A fourth-order tributary of the Potomac, the basin falls within the Ridge and Valley. The study will identify biological components sensitive to land use patterns and the condition of the riparian zone; the effect of stream size, location, and other characteristics on fish communities; the extent to which remote sensing can reliable measure the riparian zone; and the relationship between the rate of landscape change and the structure of fish communities.
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Other Report |
| Title | National Biological Service Research Supports Watershed Planning |
| Series number | EPA 840-N-96-001 |
| Year Published | 1996 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | United States Environmental Protection Agency EPA, Office of Water |
| Publisher location | Washington, DC |
| Contributing office(s) | Leetown Science Center |
| Description | 1 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Report |
| Larger Work Subtype | Other Report |
| Larger Work Title | Watershed Events: an EPA bulletin on integrated aquatic ecosystem protection |
| First page | 4 |
| Last page | 4 |
| Country | United States |
| State | West Virginia |
| Other Geospatial | Opequon Creek |
| Google Analytic Metrics | Metrics page |