Aquatic invertebrate surveys and assessment of stream sites in the Centennial Valley, Beaverhead Co., MT
By: prepared for the Nature Conservancy of Montana ; by David M. Stagliano
Contributors: Montana Natural Heritage Program; Nature Conservancy (U.S.)
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 10
Subjects: Mussels; Surveys; Aquatic invertebrates; Stream ecology; Watershed ecology
Description: Project goals of the 2011 TNC Centennial Valley Aquatic Survey and Assessment were to: 1)  determine if Western Pearlshell mussels or other unique/SOC invertebrate taxa are present or may  have been previously present in selected streams of the basin and 2) collect baseline data and  assess aquatic community integrity within stream restoration reaches based on macroinvertebrate  communities, in-stream habitat characteristics and basic water chemistry data. A previous  macroinvertebrate collection on Long Creek was performed in 2009 (Anderson, unpublished  data), but due to inadequate and unrepeatable methods for macroinvertebrate processing (timed  hand-picking of live organisms with unaided eye at the site), meaningful comparisons cannot be  made to this data.
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"March 2012"

Includes bibliographical references.