Text / A Benchmark Macroinvertebrate Analysis of the Boardman River Prior to Dam Removal

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Title: A Benchmark Macroinvertebrate Analysis of the Boardman River Prior to Dam Removal
Creator: Michelle LaForge, Dave Mahan, Dan Ippolito and Rob Keys
Date Created and/or Issued: undated
Contributing Institution: UC Riverside, Library, Water Resources Collections and Archives
Collection: Clearinghouse for Dam Removal Information (CDRI)
Rights Information: Copyrighted
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Description: Scope/Content: Abstract: Background: -The Brown Bridge Dam is scheduled to be removed in the summer of 2012. However, no data had been recorded as to how the dam has affected the river's biotic community. Question: -How do macroinvertebrate assemblages below the dam differ from those above the dam? Methodology: -Two riffle sites above the dam and one below were sampled and the invertebrates present were identified and quantitatively compared. Conclusions: -There was a high degree of differentiation between the sites above and below the dam, with the locality below showing higher species richness and higher individual count.
Scope/Content: Dam type: earthen
Scope/Content: Dam type: embankment
Scope/Content: Length: 1,800 ft
Scope/Content: Date constructed: 1921.
Type: text
Identifier: ark:/86086/n2h70fds
1405
Subject: Pre- and post-project monitoring
Dams
Dam retirement
Place: Boardman River, MI
Brown Bridge Dam

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