Aquatic Ecological Classification and Evaluation of Streams and Stream Reaches in the Upper Roanoke River Basin, Virginia Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Aquatic Ecological Classification and Evaluation of Streams and Stream Reaches in the Upper Roanoke River Basin, Virginia

Creator

  • Author: North Texas State University. Institute of Applied Sciences.
    Creator Type: Organization

Contributor

  • Author: Dickson, Kenneth L.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Research Scientist & Adjunct Associate Professor, Biology Department, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  • Author: Jenkins, Robert
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Author: Benfield, Ernest
    Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

  • Name: North Texas State University. Institute of Applied Sciences
    Place of Publication: Denton, Texas

Date

  • Creation: 1979-03-30

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: The purpose of this study is to "establish a data base and methodology for classifying...the streams of the Roanoke Basin into a hierarchy of ecological systems" and to "establish evaluative criteria and methodology for classifying and ranking streams within the ecological systems relative to their state of environmental quality" (p. R1).
  • Physical Description: R1-R66, A1-A130, B1-B12, C1-C69, D1-D32, E1-E9, F1-F15, G1-G6 p. : maps ; 28 cm.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Stream ecology
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Roanoke River (Va. and N.C.)
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Fish populations -- Roanoke River (Va. and N.C.)
  • Keyword: rivers
  • Keyword: Roanoke River
  • Keyword: organisms
  • Keyword: aquatic organisms
  • Keyword: river basins
  • Keyword: ichthyologists
  • Keyword: macroinvertebrates
  • Keyword: water quality
  • Keyword: Upper Roanoke River Basin
  • Keyword: fish
  • Keyword: orange fin madtom
  • Keyword: Roanoke logperch
  • Keyword: Roanoke bass
  • Keyword: endangered species

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas
  • Place Name: United States - Virginia
  • Coverage Date: 1979

Collection

  • Name: UNT Scholarly Works
    Code: UNTSW

Institution

  • Name: UNT Institute of Applied Sciences
    Code: UNTIAS

Resource Type

  • Report

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • OCLC: 20771051
  • Grant Number: DACW54-78-C-0053
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc29401

Degree

  • Academic Department: Institute of Applied Science

Note

  • Display Note: "Prepared for Wilmington District Corps of Engineers."
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