| Abstract: | Most national parks were designated to preserve significant natural resources. Park borders often reflect political rather than ecological boundaries. Consequently, catchments of many streams are only partially within park boundaries, and are therefore subject to land use changes and potential contamination from non-point sources outside the park. The National Park Service has initiated a program to monitor natural resources, particularly those at risk from land use changes surrounding the parks. This effort requires the identification of response signatures indicative of the ecological effects of human activities. The goal of this chapter is to identify a biological response signature (e.g., indicator assemblages) for tributary streams in Cuyahoga Valley National Park. More than 20 first to fourth order tributary streams enter the Cuyahoga River within park boundaries. Many of these catchments are outside park boundaries and under suburban development. The purpose of this research is to provide park managers with a monitoring tool for identifying the extent and degree of aquatic resource degradation due to land use changes in tributary catchments. |
| Genre: | Book chapter |
| ProdID: | 81462 |
| Citation Author: | Carlisle, Daren M.; Stewart, Paul M.; Butcher, Jason T. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Great Lakes Science Center |
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| Citation Editor: | Simon, Thomas P. |
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| Citation Language: | English |
| Citation Larger Work Title: | Biological response signatures: Indicator patterns using aquatic communities |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | p. 271-285 |
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| Citation Publisher: | CRC Press |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Macroinvertebrate assemblages associated with patterns in land use and water quality; 2003; Book chapter; BOOK; Biological response signatures: Indicator patterns using aquatic communities; Carlisle, Daren M.; Stewart, Paul M.; Butcher, Jason T. |
| Citation Start Page: | 271 |
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| Citation Year: | 2003 |
| Type: | citation/reference |
| Text: | Macroinvertebrate assemblages associated with patterns in land use and water quality; 2003; Book chapter; BOOK; Biological response signatures: Indicator patterns using aquatic communities; Carlisle, Daren M.; Stewart, Paul M.; Butcher, Jason T. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg |
| Date Other: | Wed, 1 Jan 2003 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | CRC Press |
