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• <br />-10~- <br />Within each quadrat, estimates of percent cover for macrophytes were <br />obtained according to the cover class code of Daubenmire (1959). <br />Macrophytes were identified according to keys in Fassett (1957) and <br />Edmondson (1959). <br />Benthic macroinvertebrate communities at each station were <br />sampled using a 5~~~~- Bottom sampler and visual estimates of the <br />relative abundance of rubble, gravel, sand, silt, and clay were <br />recorded. Owe=~--ot sample was obtained at each statior. on <br />.Iei~y-+i.~2, A~grewi, and SarwwLer~B, 1975. These samples were <br />preserved in the field in 70 percent Ethanol. Rose Bengal dye, <br />which stains organisms red, was added (10 ml/1) to each sample <br />to facilitate separating the macroinvertebrates from debris, which <br />was accomplished by hand-picking. Organisms were identified to the <br />tasonomic level of family and counted. References used in the <br />identification of the Benthic macroinvertebrates were Pennak (1953), <br />Usinger (1950), and Edmondson (1959). A diversity index was cal- <br />culated for each Surber sample using the Shannon-Wiener fanction, as <br />recommended by the Environmental Protection Agency (Weber, 1973). <br />F#eh were qualj.tatively sampled once at each sampling <br />station on August ~ or 6, 1975, utilizing a Smith-Root Type VII <br />backpack eletrofisher. Aporoximatal~r 59--meters of stream were <br />samplad at the upper and riddle stations on Fish Creek, the two <br />stations on Midd'_e Creek, and the upper station on Trout Creek. <br />• Approximately 1CII-aeters were _sampled on the lower Fish and Trout <br />Creek stations. in sufficient :rater to effectively operate the <br /> <br />