Effects of Cattle Exclusion on Stream Habitat in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia

Effects of Cattle Exclusion on Stream Habitat in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia

Cattle exclusion from streams is believed to improve riparian vegetation, in-stream habitat, and composition of aquatic organisms. Yet research on the effects of cattle exclusion have yielded conflicting results. The goal of this study was to examine relationships between physical habitat and bent...

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Main Author: Price, Kendall Susan
Other Authors: Biological Systems Engineering
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
Subjects:
water quality metrics
rapid habitat assessment
benthic macroinvertebrates
stream fencing
cattle
Virginia
Shenandoah Valley
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/31952
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04262012-205413/

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http://hdl.handle.net/10919/31952
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04262012-205413/

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