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Report Title:

Classifying Lotic Systems for Conservation: Methods and Results of the Pennsylvania Aquatic Community Classification

Report Summary:

In the course of the Pennsylvania Aquatic Community Classification Project, extensive effort was spent to determine the best approach to classifying the flowing waters of Pennsylvania. Varied types of classification systems and methods for developing them have been applied in other regions. We ultimately classified streams based on community assemblages of macroinvertebrates, mussels, and fish and based on physical stream types, with the intention of describing biodiversity patterns and habitat gradients.

Report Type:

Heritage

ID:

PNHP

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Additonal Documents:

PADfieldlist.xls
UsersManual.pdf

Start Year:

End Year:

2007

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Funding:

Location Information

Institution:

Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program

Investigator(s):

Investigator Details
Name:	Mary Walsh
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Phone:
Email	c-marywals@pa.gov

Public Citation(s):

Walsh, M.C., J. Deeds, and B. Nightingale. 2007. Classifying Lotic Systems for Conservation: Methods and Results of the Pennsylvania Aquatic Community Classification. Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, Middletown, PA, and Pittsburgh, PA.