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Appendix T-1. Results <strong>of</strong> habitat assessments conducted in the Black Warrior and Cahaba River Basins during ADEM's ALAMAP Program, 1998-2002.<br />

CU 0202 0202 0202 0202 0202 0202 0109 0109 0109 0109 0109 0109<br />

Sub-watershed 030 040 050 080 130 160 010 020 020 020 020 020<br />

Station CA2U5-27 CA01U2-46 h CA01U3-29 CA3U5-30 CA1U5-10 e CA1U6-30 BW07U3-51 BW05U3-5 BW1U4-5 BW1U5-5 BW1U6-5 BW05U2-5 a<br />

Appendix T-1--Page 1 <strong>of</strong> 4<br />

Date (YYMMDD) 010807 980818 990811 010807 010814 020806 990818 990818 000808 010815 020808 980818<br />

Subecoregion 67h 67h 67f 67f 65p 65i 68d 68d 68d 68d 68d 68d<br />

Width (ft) 4 20 10 20 250 15.00 8 20 50 40 37.00 20<br />

Canopy cover b MS O S MS O MS MS MO 50/50 MO MO 50/50<br />

Depth (ft) Riffle 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.5 0.1<br />

Run 0.5 1.5 0.8 2.0 0.8 0.5 1.5 1.0 1.0 2.0<br />

Pool 1.0 3.0 4.0 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.0 2.0 4.5<br />

Substrate (%) Bedrock 17 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 15 30 6 35<br />

Boulder 8 0 1 1 0 0 20 20 15 30 30 35<br />

Cobble 20 5 30 18 0 0 40 30 25 10 34 5<br />

Gravel 40 10 25 35 0 0 20 20 10 10 1 5<br />

Sand 5 15 30 12 0 67 5 5 10 15 12 5<br />

Silt 5 45 5 8 0 16 5 5 5 0 5 10<br />

Detritus 5 5 7 12 0 10 5 10 15 5 10 2<br />

Clay 0 10 0 3 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0<br />

Organic silt 0 10 2 5 0 7 5 5 5 0 2 3<br />

Habitat assessment form c RR RR RR GP GP GP RR RR RR RR RR GP<br />

Instream habitat quality 70 48 67 72 23 53 50 50 74 87 80 53<br />

Sediment deposition 76 40 53 65 55 68 80 75 69 91 66 65<br />

Sinuosity 100 55 45 70 60 33 100 90 78 88 98 50<br />

Bank and vegetative stability 54 70 68 59 40 73 60 93 66 88 76 80<br />

Riparian measurements 81 85 85 38 100 100 100 100 76 90 94 93<br />

Habitat assessment score 178 153 165 148 129 158 173 184 177 215 194 158<br />

% Maximum 74 64 69 67 59 72 72 77 74 90 81 72<br />

Assessment j Excellent Good Excellent Good NG Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent<br />

a. Small stream; unable to measure flow<br />

b. Canopy cover: S=shaded; MS=mostly shaded; 50/50=50% shaded; MO=mostly open; O=open<br />

c. Habitat assessment form: RR=riffle/run (Barbour et al. 1999); GP=glide/pool (Barbour et al. 1999)<br />

d. Stream no longer existed<br />

e. Not wadeable; No flow taken<br />

f. No flow; did not collect samples, habitat assessment, or flow<br />

g. No flow, standing pools only<br />

h. No flow measured<br />

i. Habitat assessment not conducted<br />

j. NG=no assessment guidelines; for 68b, used guidelines from adjacent subecoregion 68d; limited reference data available for 68f; 68f guidelines calculated from combintion <strong>of</strong> reference data from 68f, and adjacent subecoregions 65i, 67f, and 68e.

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