A Survey of the Fish and Macroinvertebrate Communities of the Silvio Conte National Wildlife Refuge Lands in the Nulhegan Drainage and the West Mountain Wildlife Management Area

DataSet Animal(s) : Fish
DataSet Category : Fish
DataSet Country : United States
DataSet Region : North America
DataSet Type : Survey
DataSet Access : Public
DataSet URL : https://ecos.fws.gov/ServCat/DownloadFile/154162?Reference=50702

This report presents the results from the following: 1) A fish species inventory of running and standing waters. 2) An analysis of these data indicating an estimate of existing running-water fish assemblage types using a modification of the classification presented in The Classification of Lhe Aquatic Communities of Vermont; 3) An evaluation of fish assemblage health as measured by the VTDEC protocols (through use of Indexes of Biotic Integrity) for each wadeable hard-bottomed stream site; 4) Estimates of Atlantic salmon parr and smolt production in the Nulhegan River and Paul Stream sub basins; 5) A macroinvertebrate assemblage survey of running waters. 6) An analysis of these data indicating an estimate of existing running-water macroinvertebrate assemblage types as presented in The Classification of the Aquatic Communities of Vermont; 7) An evaluation of the macroinvertebrate assemblage health or biological integrity as measured by the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation protocols for each wadeable “riffle” stream site; 8) An inventory of the macroinvertebrate Molluscan fauna, from both flowing and standing waters.

DataSet Agency : United States Department of the Interior

DataSet Agency Contact : https://www.doi.gov/