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Macroinvertebrate Recovery of a Post-Thermal Stream: The Effect on Habitat Structure and Biotic Function




















 

 

 


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M. B. Lakly & J V. McArthur

 

Sites and Sampling

 

Study Sites

  Twelve reaches on two stream systems on the Savannah River Site were used.  Streams were comparable in watershed area, site location, sediment and discharge.  
 

Instream Structure:
• 25 m reaches mapped in June
• Macrophyte bed area volume and relative availability of woody debris measured.

Organic Matter Storage and Transport
Benthic Organic Matter: 5 sediment cores / section in April and July.
Particulate Organic Matter: Six two-liter grab samples / section in June 1996 and 
  weekly Oct. ‘98 to Jan. ‘99.

Invertebrates
• Six artificial snag samplers (3 midchannel; 3 at margins) in each section (N=78).  
  Collected every eight weeks from Jan. through Dec. 1996.

• Collections subsampled (1/4 to 1/16) and sorted to order. Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Trichoptera (EPT) identified to genus or species and assigned to functional feeding   groups.

• Incorporated macrophytes and organic debris also collected, categorized by type and surface area determined from dry weight regressions.

Invertebrates reported as number per m2 of snag plus organics; thus, density is weighted to dominate habitat type.

Analysis
• ANOVA's run using SAS; Log10 (x+1) transformations when necessary (Box- Cox Plot)


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