Table 2. Stream-habitat and land-use metrics determined for each stream reach
[m, meters; m/s, meters per second]
In
channel |
Bank |
Riparian
zone |
Land
use and human population |
| Linear reach length (m) | Mean right bank slope | RCE (riparian, channel, and environmental index) | Percent urban land use |
| Curvilinear reach length (m) | Mean left bank slope | RCE maximum | Percent agricultural land use |
| Sinuosity | Mean bank slope | Canopy angle (degrees) | Percent forest land use |
| Number of snags | Mean right bank height (m) | Percent wetland | |
| Number of stumps | Mean left bank height (m) | Percent barren land | |
| Number of undercut banks | Mean bank height (m) | Population density | |
| Number of other obstructions | Mean bank height/width ratio | ||
| Reach structural index | Mean high-bank width (m) | ||
| Number of bars | |||
| Mean width (m) | |||
| Mean depth (m) | |||
| Mean velocity (m/s) | |||
| Mean wetted channel width (m) |