Modeling the Size Spectrum for Macroinvertebrates and Fishes in Stream EcosystemsDaniel J. McGarvey 1, Taylor E. Woods 1,2, Andrew J. Kirk 3
1Center for Environmental Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, 3Department of Environmental Quality
This is a protocol to model the size spectrum (scaling relationship between individual mass and population density) for combined fish and invertebrate data from wadable streams and rivers. Methods include: field techniques to collect quantitative fish and invertebrate samples; lab methods to standardize the field data; and statistical data analysis.
