Community Partner
Clackamas County Water Environment Services – Watershed Health Education Program
Date of Award
Summer 2015
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Environmental Management (MEM)
Department
Environmental Science and Management
Subjects
Stream restoration -- Portland Metropolitan Area, Biodiversity, Restoration ecology, Benthic animals -- Portland Metropolitan Area, Freshwater invertebrates -- Ecology
DOI
10.15760/mem.45
Abstract
Stream restoration is widely used to rebuild habitat for native fisheries, but it is not well understood how current habitat reconstruction practices affect biological diversity. Citizen Science programs have potential to provide supplemental macroinvertebrate data for effectiveness monitoring of reach-scale restoration projects but variability in training, experience and collection methods can make interpretation difficult. The Clackamas Water Environment Services Watershed Health Education Program (WHEP) is an example of a Citizen Science-based program actively collecting biological data from restored streams. The purpose of this project was to use WHEP student-collected data to detect benthic macroinvertebrate community responses to stream restoration practices. This report is not intended to establish biological criteria for restoration effectiveness monitoring but to provide a framework for promoting education and engagement using invertebrate monitoring programs.
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/27653
Recommended Citation
Bedell, Daniel, "Rock Creek Restoration Macroinvertebrate Monitoring Report" (2015). Master of Environmental Management Project Reports. 48.
https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/mem_gradprojects/48
10.15760/mem.45
Included in
Environmental Health and Protection Commons, Environmental Indicators and Impact Assessment Commons, Natural Resources Management and Policy Commons
Comments
A report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Environmental Management