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BIOLOGICAL MONITORING OF STREAM RESTORATION |
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This course presents concepts and practices of using macroinvertebrates to monitor biological integrity in relation to environmental conditions in streams undergoing restoration. The emphasis will be on field and laboratory studies that facilitate active learning from hands-on participation. Students will be taught methods for field sampling and laboratory analyses of macroinvertebrates and the major environmental variables that determine their assemblage structure. In addition, a variety of statistical procedures will be used to quantify the relationships between macroinvertebrates and environmental variables; thus, participants will learn not only how to determine if macroinvertebrates are changing during stream restoration but also what environmental variables are responsible for those changes. The course will focus on changes in physical habitat, especially substratum, but will also include other components of the stream environment expected to change during restoration, such as food resources. Lectures and discussions will cover underlying ecological principles, effects of various environmental stressors, and case histories of stream restoration projects.
College Credit: 2 semester hours
Who Should Attend: Primarily, biologists who are involved with field studies to determine the effectiveness of stream restoration projects, but also anyone interested in establishing the relationships between biological integrity and environmental stressors. Participants should have some experience in biomonitoring, macroinvertebrate identification and biology, and ecological statistics.
Length: 4.5
days/36 hours
Objectives: By the end of this session, the participant will be able to:
- Discuss sampling designs;
- Demonstrate the proper use of various macroinvertebrate samplers and how to measure a variety of environmental variables;
- Summarize the ecological principles and important aspects of macroinvertebrate ecology that are included in the concept of biological integrity;
- Explain and practice contemporary statistical methods for analyzing macroinvertebrate data, relating environmental variables to assemblage structure, and. determining if biological integrity is acceptable.
| Availability: |
Every two year |
| Contact: |
Gary Schetrompf |
| Branch: |
Conservation Science & Policy Branch |
| Phone: |
304/876-7255 |
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Last Updated: October 28, 2009
National Conservation Training Center
698 Conservation Way
Shepherdstown, West Virginia 25443-9713
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