Chapter 6: Ecology and Biodiversity

Patricia N. Manley; Dennis D. Murphy; Seth W. Bigelow; Sudeep Chandra

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Chapter 6: Ecology and Biodiversity

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Patricia N. Manley, Dennis D. Murphy, Seth W. Bigelow, Sudeep Chandra

Year:

2010

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

Source:

In: Hymanson, Zachary P.; Collopy, Michael W. 2010. An integrated science plan for the Lake Tahoe basin: conceptual framework and research strategies. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-226. Albany, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station. pp. 237-301

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Abstract

The integrity of animal and plant communities serves as a critical measure of the effectiveness of policies designed to protect and restore ecosystem processes in the Lake Tahoe basin. The conservation of plants and animals in the Tahoe basin is utterly dependent on the conservation of its terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems; so, in many ways, the research agenda that follows builds on the other research described in this volume. Accordingly, successful integration of outcomes from research on water quality, air quality, and other natural attributes of the basin will contribute greatly to the recovery and persistence of biological diversity in the Tahoe basin.

Parent Publication

An integrated science plan for the Lake Tahoe basin: conceptual framework and research strategies

Citation

Manley, Patricia N.; Murphy, Dennis D.; Bigelow, Seth; Chandra, Sudeep. 2010. Chapter 6: Ecology and Biodiversity. In: Hymanson, Zachary P.; Collopy, Michael W. 2010. An integrated science plan for the Lake Tahoe basin: conceptual framework and research strategies. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-226. Albany, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station. pp. 237-301.