TY - GEN
T1 - Development of process-based assessment protocols in the Kishwaukee River Basin, Illinois
T2 - 2004 World Water and Environmental Resources Congress: Critical Transitions in Water and Environmental Resources Management
AU - Schwartz, John S.
AU - Herricks, Edwin E
AU - Marcinkevage, A. Catherine
AU - Suen, Jian Ping
AU - Rhoads, Bruce L
AU - Kumar, Praveen
AU - Russell, Stephen S.
N1 - Funding Information:
The work was supported by grant number 108594 from the Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute (FAMRI) to the Johns Hopkins FAMRI Center of Excellence. The funder had no role in the study design, collection, analysis or interpretation of data, writing of the report, nor in the decision to submit the paper for publication.
Funding Information:
Funding for this study was provided by the Council for Economy and Work (FC-15-GRUPIN14-047), and by a Predoctoral Grant BP16071 from the Council for Education and Culture of the Principality of Asturias (Spain). The funding sources had no role in the study design, collection, analysis or interpretation of the data, in writing the manuscript, or the decision to submit the paper for publication.
Funding Information:
We are grateful for the encouragement and financial support of the Comisión Nacional de Cultura Física y Deporte (CONADE [National Commission of Physical Culture and Sports]), as well as of the Secretaria de Educa-ción Pública [Secretariat of Public Education] and of the Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público [Secretariat of Public Treasury and Finance] del Gobierno de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos [Government of the United States of Mexico].
Funding Information:
This study was supported by the Spanish Ministerio de Igualdad (MI), Instituto de la Mujer, grant IMG2009-PI040964 (EGG, IE, MS), and Ministerio de Economía e Innovación, grant PSI2014-58004-P (AG and EG-G).
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - In recent years use of GIS natural resources databases has greatly improved watershed analysis techniques. These techniques have provided excellent inventories of watershed attributes supporting management strategies, but it has become evident that analysis techniques must include process-based assessments from the inventory data. Assessments must also include an integration of hydrology, geomorphology, and ecology observations. Protocols for process-based assessments are critical to achieving restoration project sustainability. The Kishwaukee River watershed, a 1,340-mi 2 watershed located in northern Illinois was chosen to test development of process-based protocols for watershed analysis. Stream power was found to be an important environmental driver correlating with physical habitat maintenance, recovery from stream channelization, and instream pollutant assimilation. The greatest impacts to ecological integrity appeared to be from rapid urbanization and agricultural practices in low-gradient subwatersheds. It was found that protocol development of ecological metrics could be greatly improved if bio-inventory data were consistently collected with respect to methodology and sample locations/times.
AB - In recent years use of GIS natural resources databases has greatly improved watershed analysis techniques. These techniques have provided excellent inventories of watershed attributes supporting management strategies, but it has become evident that analysis techniques must include process-based assessments from the inventory data. Assessments must also include an integration of hydrology, geomorphology, and ecology observations. Protocols for process-based assessments are critical to achieving restoration project sustainability. The Kishwaukee River watershed, a 1,340-mi 2 watershed located in northern Illinois was chosen to test development of process-based protocols for watershed analysis. Stream power was found to be an important environmental driver correlating with physical habitat maintenance, recovery from stream channelization, and instream pollutant assimilation. The greatest impacts to ecological integrity appeared to be from rapid urbanization and agricultural practices in low-gradient subwatersheds. It was found that protocol development of ecological metrics could be greatly improved if bio-inventory data were consistently collected with respect to methodology and sample locations/times.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:23844518704
SN - 0784407371
SN - 9780784407370
T3 - Proceedings of the 2004 World Water and Environmetal Resources Congress: Critical Transitions in Water and Environmetal Resources Management
SP - 4433
EP - 4442
BT - Proceedings of the 2004 World Water and Environmetal Resources Congress
A2 - Sehlke, G.
A2 - Hayes, D.F.
A2 - Stevens, D.K.
Y2 - 27 June 2004 through 1 July 2004
ER -