Abstract
Benthic macroinvertebrates have been used as indicators of biological integrity in the Clark Fork River basin for over 25 years. In more recent years the efforts of multiple monitoring programs have been harmonized to create synoptic analyses of biological integrity. The collaborative efforts of state and federal agencies have reduced duplication, enhanced data comparability and increased spatial completeness of invertebrate community data. The goals of this analysis are to summarize current benthic invertebrate monitoring programs efforts in the Upper Clark Fork basin, present the findings of trends analyses at several sentinel locations in the basin, and document the longitudinal gradient of biological integrity in the Upper Clark Fork River.
Start Date
24-4-2015 10:00 AM
End Date
24-4-2015 10:30 AM
Document Type
Presentation
Trends of Biological Integrity in the Upper Clark Fork Basin
Benthic macroinvertebrates have been used as indicators of biological integrity in the Clark Fork River basin for over 25 years. In more recent years the efforts of multiple monitoring programs have been harmonized to create synoptic analyses of biological integrity. The collaborative efforts of state and federal agencies have reduced duplication, enhanced data comparability and increased spatial completeness of invertebrate community data. The goals of this analysis are to summarize current benthic invertebrate monitoring programs efforts in the Upper Clark Fork basin, present the findings of trends analyses at several sentinel locations in the basin, and document the longitudinal gradient of biological integrity in the Upper Clark Fork River.