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Nanyang Technological University

Modeling the Size Spectrum for Macroinvertebrates and Fishes in Stream Ecosystems

This is a protocol to model the size spectrum (scaling relationship between individual mass and population density) for combined fish and invertebrate data from wadable streams and rivers. Methods include: field techniques to collect quantitative fish and invertebrate samples; lab methods to standardize the field data; and statistical data analysis.

Chapters in this video

0:04

Title

0:43

Closed Fish Assemblage Creation

2:45

Fish Sampling Depletion Pass

3:52

Depletion Pass Fish Processing

4:44

Benthic Macroinvertebrate Sample Collection and Processing

5:44

Results: Ataxic Size Spectra Plots from Three West Virginia Streams

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Conclusion

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