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Project T-03-P1

Project Title: Ecological Classification of Rivers for Environmental Assessment and Management: Stream Attribution and Model Preparation

Community and/or Species Focus: Streams

Goals/Objectives:
  1. Develop a classification system for Illinois rivers and streams
  2. Describe stream reaches and catchments at 3 different scales
  3. Develop datasets that predict riverine habitats and biota from a mapped landscape
Achievements:
  1. ​Demonstrated the potential of describing location of stream types in a standardized manner
  2. Gathered datasets on fish, macroinvertebrates, stream flow, & temperature

Post-Project Survey (if applicable):

n/a

Project Period: Ended in June 2005

Principle Investigator(s): John Epifanio (Illinois Natural History Survey)

Final Report:
T-03-P1​