Title
Appropriate Uses of Sediment Source Tracing in Habitat Assessments of Mountain Streams
Publication Date
1985
Publication Title
Proceedings of the Symposium on Small Hydropower and Fisheries
Start Page
416
End Page
422
Editors
Olson FW;White RG;Hamre RH;
Publication Place
Bethesda, MD
Publisher
American Fisheries Society
Abstract
Sediment-source tracing uses the composition of sediment to establish the origin of habitat-impairing sediment. Tracing is especially suited to mountain streams, where bed conditions can change dramatically over time. Samples drawn from the active bed, older flood deposits, high-water marks, and bars of known age allow quantitative estimates of past sediment regimes to be developed. Results may be used in managing aquatic habitat and operating reservoirs or diversion facilities.
Notes
ISBN 0-913235-37-7