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Badger Mill Creek Field Trip

Badger Mill Creek Field Trip. Goals - Illustrate aspects of fish ecology in a Wisconsin trout stream - Collect fish and stream habitat data to use in research paper - Demonstrate various field methods for fish collection - Experience the field portion of research

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Badger Mill Creek Field Trip

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  1. Badger Mill Creek Field Trip Goals - Illustrate aspects of fish ecology in a Wisconsin trout stream - Collect fish and stream habitat data to use in research paper - Demonstrate various field methods for fish collection - Experience the field portion of research Quick Question: How many people have waders?

  2. What’s Ecology -is the study of the distribution and abundance of living organisms and how the distribution and abundance are affected by interactions between the organisms and their environment (Krebs).

  3. Habitat Reach length Width Depths Velocity Substrate Canopy cover Land width Buffer width Undercut Fish Length Weight Species Number Sampling Effort Diet Method of Sampling Metrics! Two teams everyone works on both teams!

  4. How does habitat influence fish community?

  5. Defining Geomorphic Stream Units Undercut Bank Riffle Pool Run Goal is to sample at least 6 different units!

  6. Notice how they are positioned ANODE (business end)

  7. Use the current(s) to your advantage!! Lead fish right to your netters

  8. Moving Block Nets 2 people HOW TO SET UP Electrofishing 5 people Fish can be released down stream of electrofishing crew Workup Station 3 people

  9. Stream habitat measurements

  10. Flagging transects 2 people Flow Velocity 1 person Measure thalweg, depth, width 4 people Data Recorders- MOST IMPORTANT!!! 2 people

  11. IBI= index of biotic integrity.

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