Document Type
Peer-Review Article
Abstract
For evaluation of streams with the biotic index (BI), samples of arthropods should be collected in the spring before degree day accumulations of mean air temperatures above 4.5°C reach 440° in warm-water streams, and before they reach 1050° in cold-water streams that remain below 20°e. Sampling in the fall may be resumed 60 days after the 440 degree day accumulation in warm-water streams and 45 days after the 1050 degree day accumulation in cold-water streams. Stream temperature had no effect on the BI, except as it affected seasonal differences. Current had less effect on the BI than anticipated, but currents below 0.3 m/sec should be avoided.
Recommended Citation
Hilsenhoff, William L.
1988.
"Seasonal Correction Factors for the Biotic Index,"
The Great Lakes Entomologist, vol 21
(1)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22543/0090-0222.1625
Available at:
https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol21/iss1/3