Riparian Vegetation Base-line Analysis and Monitoring Along Bishop Creek, California

Abstract

A base-line analysis and long-term monitoring study of the riparian system along California's Bishop Creek is being conducted to measure the effects that planned increases in streamflow may have on riparian vegetation and associated wildlife. Six sites located in different major physiographic valley types have been selected for study. Biotic, climatologic, hydrologic, geomorphologic, and edaphic response parameters are being measured to evaluate streamflow and riparian vegetation relationships. Biotic parameters being monitored include stand structural parameters, species composition and importance values (density, cover, and basal area), as well as productivity, growth, and regeneration characteristics.

Parent Publication

• Proceedings of the California riparian systems conference: protection, management, and restoration for the 1990s; 1988 September 22-24; Davis, CA.

Citation

Nachlinger, Janet L.; Fox, Carl A.; Moen, Patricia A. 1989. Riparian Vegetation Base-line Analysis and Monitoring Along Bishop Creek, California. In: Abell, Dana L., Technical Coordinator. 1989. Proceedings of the California Riparian Systems Conference: protection, management, and restoration for the 1990s; 1988 September 22-24; Davis, CA. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-110. Berkeley, CA: Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; p. 387-392