Browsing 2016 Theses (MU) by Thesis Advisor "Paukert, Craig Patrick"
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Assessing the vulnerability of stream communities and the consistency and use of biotic indices in least-disturbed streams
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)The need in freshwater conservation is to understand the current status of aquatic biota so that we can recognize when degradation or changes occur. Because stream habitats and communities are dynamic, it is important to ... -
Streams in a changing landscape : identifying candidate reference reaches to assess the physical and biotic integrity of Missouri's wadeable streams
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)North American freshwater resources have grown increasingly imperiled as a result of human-induced landscape alterations, with many present-day stream fish and aquatic invertebrate communities representing only a fraction ...