Author: Sarah J. Hindle
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aquatic invertebrate populations
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Chapter 2. "In the summers of 2007-2010, the Spokane Tribe of Indians collected benthic macroinvertebrates (BMIs) from the Upper Columbia River using three techniques: benthic sled, benthic drift, and artificial substrates. An analysis of the samples collected by these methods revealed significant discrepancies in the types of organisms caught. Benthic sled and drift methods collected mainly planktonic taxa, primarily small crustaceans. This varies significantly from the community structure of the artificial substrate samples (p