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Effects of Landscape Characteristics on Water Quality and Fish Assemblages in the Tallapoosa River Basin, Alabama


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dc.contributorDavid R. Bayne, baynedr@auburn.eduen_US
dc.creatorSaalfeld, David T.
dc.creatorReutebuch, Eric M.
dc.creatorDickey, R. Jason
dc.creatorSeesock, Wendy C.
dc.creatorWebber, Cliff
dc.creatorBayne, David R.
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-14T16:41:56Z
dc.date.available2022-10-14T16:41:56Z
dc.date.created2012
dc.identifier10.1656/058.011.0206en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://bioone.org/journals/Southeastern-Naturalist/volume-11/issue-2/058.011.0206/Effects-of-Landscape-Characteristics-on-Water-Quality-and-Fish-Assemblages/10.1656/058.011.0206.fullen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://aurora.auburn.edu/handle/11200/50398
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.35099/aurora-466
dc.description.abstractTo maintain and improve water quality, there is an increasing need to understand relationships between current land-use practices (e.g., agriculture, forested/silviculture, and urban) and stream ecosystems. In this study, we investigated the relationships among water quality, habitat composition, fi sh assemblages, and current land-use practices in the Tallapoosa River Basin in eastern Alabama. Within the six streams investigated, all fi sh metrics were signifi cantly higher for forested watersheds compared to agricultural watersheds, with total nitrogen and total phosphorus being the variables most descriptive of fi sh biotic integrity (i.e., total nitrogen and total phosphorus were negatively related to fi sh biotic integrity). In addition, we found that nutrient concentrations (especially total nitrogen and total phosphorus) increased as percent agricultural land use increased. When looking at a larger scale (Tallapoosa River Basin), anthropogenic impacts such as eutrophication of Lakes Martin and Harris were related to agricultural land practices and the percentage of the basin these practices occupy. Because current land-use practices appear to be negatively impacting stream water quality and biota, it is important to decrease the amount of fertilizer, pesticides, and animal waste that runoff into streams and to protect riparian zones in order to preserve or improve biotic integrity.en_US
dc.formatPDFen_US
dc.relation.ispartofSoutheastern Naturalisten_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries1528-7092en_US
dc.titleEffects of Landscape Characteristics on Water Quality and Fish Assemblages in the Tallapoosa River Basin, Alabamaen_US
dc.typeTexten_US
dc.type.genreJournal Article, Academic Journalen_US
dc.citation.volume11en_US
dc.citation.issue2en_US
dc.citation.spage239en_US
dc.citation.epage252en_US
dc.description.statusPublisheden_US
dc.description.peerreviewYesen_US

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