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Study Number: |
3018 |
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Project Title: |
Spatial and temporal patterns of habitat use and availability in upper Coweeta Creek. |
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Investigator(s): |
Gary Grossman E-Mail
| Tel.
(706) 542-1160
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Biographical Sketch Mark D. Farr E-Mail |
| Affiliated Institution(s): | University of Georgia |
| Address: |
Warnell School of Forest Resources University of Georgia Athens, Georgia 30602 USA |
| Study Category: | Aquatic |
| Project Type: | Type 1 |
| Study Period: |
06/1996 - 11/1998 |
| Notes: |
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Funding Source(s): |
National Science Foundation, Grants DEB-9632854 (Text Version) and DEB-0218001 (Text Version) to Coweeta LTER. |
| Abstract: | I collect data describing total depth, mean current velocity and substrate characteristics (% - silt, debris, sand, gravel, cobble, boulder and bedrock) at 100 random points along 1 m transects within each 100 m site. Data are collected seasonally to investigate spatial and temporal patterns of habitat variability in upper Coweeta Creek. Flow data will be used to elucidate whether changes in habitat characteristics are correlated with high flow events. |
| Location(s), Described: |
Site 1: 100 m site - ca. 300 m downstream of
Ball and Shope Creeks confluence . Site 2: 100 m site - ca. 0.5 km downstream of Site 1. Site 3: 100 m site - ca. 0.5 km downstream of Site 2. Site 4: 100 m site - begins just above mouth of Dryman Fork. |
| Location(s), Download GPS: | ArcView Shape Files (shp.): UTM, NAD83, Zone 17 | Lat/Lon |
| Location(s), Online Map(s): |
 USGS Topographic-based Maps of Research Sites
(Printable for fieldwork) |
| Methods/Experimental Design: | None Available |
| Sampling Frequency: | Summer 1996, Fall 1996, late Spring 1997, late Summer 1997. |
| Data Columns: |
Date - yr/mm Site - 100m sites, 1 Coweeta Creek (approximately 200m below confluence of Ball & Shope Creek, 4 Coweeta Creek (approximately 40m above confluence of Coweeta Creek & Dryman Fork Creek) Depth - Water depth (cm) CAB - (Current at bottom) Water velocity with probe on substrate; cm/s AVCV - ave. water current; cm/s If water depth <= 75 cm velocity taken at point 60% of depth from surface of water If water depth > 75 cm mean velocity taken at points 20% & 80% of depth from surface of water % composition of 7 substratum categories within 20cm X 20cm quadrat below fish % Bedrock - Imbedded rock % Boulder - > 30 cm % Cobble - < 30 cm and > 2.5 cm % Gravel - < 2.5 cm and > 0.2 cm % Sand - < 0.2 cm % Silt - Material capable of suspension in water column % Debris - Wood or leafy matter |
| Publications: |
None generated. |
| Data Restrictions: | Users must adhere to the Coweeta LTER Data Policy. |
| Metadata: | EML Format (XML Schema) | Information about EML |
| Data Downloads: |
Microsoft®
Excel (.xls) Text Comma Delimited (.csv) DBase (.dbf) |