In cooperation with the Houston-Galveston
Area Council
and the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
under the authorization of the Texas Clean Rivers Act
Fish, Benthic Macroinvertebrate, and Stream Habitat Data From the Houston-Galveston Area Council Service Area, Texas, 1997–98
By J. Bruce Moring, John C. Rosendale, Stephen P. Ansley, and Dexter W. Brown
U.S. Geological Survey
Open-File Report 98–658
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Contents
Abstract
Introduction
Purpose and Scope
Description of Study Area
Site and Sampling Reach Selection
Fish Community Data
Benthic Macroinvertebrate Data
Stream Habitat Data
Field-Measured Data
References
Glossary
Figures
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Map showing data-collection sites in the Houston-Galveston Area Council service area |
Tables
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Data-collection sites in the Houston-Galveston Area Council service area |
2. |
Taxonomic classification of fish and counts for individual taxa for sites in the Houston-Galveston Area Council service area |
3. |
Fish community data for sites in the Houston-Galveston Area Council service area |
4. |
Taxonomic classification of benthic macroinvertebrates and counts for individual taxa for sites in the Houston-Galveston Area Council service area |
5. |
Benthic macroinvertebrate data for sites in the Houston-Galveston Area Council service area |
6. |
Physical habitat data for stream reaches at sites in the Houston-Galveston Area Council service area |
Abstract
The U.S. Geological Survey collected fish, benthic macroinvertebrate, and stream habitat data at sampling sites in the Houston-Galveston Area Council service area, a 15-county area with a population of about 4.3 million people. The data were collected for a 1997–98 study in cooperation with the Houston-Galveston Area Council to provide data for the Texas Clean Rivers Program for watersheds near Houston, Texas. Fish community and stream habitat data were collected at all 56 sites selected, and benthic macroinvertebrate data were collected at 39 of the sites.
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